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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT 



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HIS MAJESTY'S 



VISIT TO SCOTLAND 




EDINBURGH : 

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INTRODUCTION. 



The visit of George the Fourth to the Scottish metro- 
polis may well be considered a remarkable event in our 
national annals. Certain it is, that no other event of a 
domestic nature could have occurred more honourable 
to the people of Scotland, or more gratifying to their feel- 
ings. Edinburgh is regarded by the Scots with pride, and 
a veneration almost religious, of which strangers to their 
character can have no adequate conception. It is not 
merely the capital of the country, and celebrated as a 
seat of science and of literature, but it has still higher 
claims upon their respect as the favourite abode of their 
ancient monarchs — as the scene, in latter ages, of every 
great political transaction in which the nation has been 
concerned — and as the depository of the only remain- 
ing symbols of its former independence. Its castle, its 
palace, its courts of justice, those hallowed vestiges of 
the olden time, are familiar household words in the re- 
motest districts : they are still approached by the pro- 
vincial Scot with the pious feeling of a pilgrim, and 
never fail to inspire him with all the fervid enthusiasm 
of patriotism. 

The English and Scots, though politically united, are 
still, in respect of their religion, customs, and laws, 
distinct and separate nations. It would seem, therefore, 
that the feelings peculiar to each, if not cultivated and 



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cherished, ought at least to be carefully respected. But, 
unfortunately for Scotland, for a long period after the 
Union, it seems to have been doomed to entire neglect ; or, 
if the attention of government was occasionally directed to 
that country, it was in the spirit of vengeance, to devise 
the means of chastising its pride and subduing its spirit. 
This period was, emphatically, the dark age of Scotland, 
during which its energies slumbered ; and it appeared 
to the world, not so much an integral part of the British 
empire, as one of its most inert and unwilling appen- 
dages. It was reserved for the great mind of a Chat- 
ham first to appreciate the resources of Scotland, and to 
give a direction to the national genius, not less honour- 
able to his administration than advantageous to the 
country. It cannot be disputed, that since that period 
the Scots, both by flood and field, have revived, in its 
purest lustre, the martial glory of their ancestors ; and 
established, by their devoted loyalty, as well as their 
romantic courage, a claim to the admiration and lasting 
gratitude of the sister kingdom. 

But such is the obduracy of certain habits of think- 
ing, that the merits of the Scots have been but reluc- 
tantly acknowledged. It was their peculiar misfortune 
to be obnoxious to both the great political parties into 
which the English nation has been long divided. The 
one party, inheriting the resentments and antipathies of 
the old cavaliers, were pleased to consider the Scots as a 
nation s . culatively republican in their politics ; and, 
in religion, as gloomy and intolerant bigots. The other 
party, again, were contented to view the Scots only 
through the medium of events which had endanger- 
ed the Hanoverian succession. In their minds, the 
heroic, though criminal, enterprise of some of the High- 



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land clans to restore the exiled family of the Stuarts 
to the throne of Britain, impressed the character of 
Jacobitism upon the whole nation. It was most un- 
generously forgotten, that the only determined popular 
opposition made to the rebel army was by the Pres- 
byterian Lowlanders of Scotland, aided by the clans 
who adhered to their allegiance ; — and that, had the 
English Jacobites been as resolute as they were zeal- 
ous, the cause of despotism might ultimately fcave tri- 
umphed, in spite of all the military force which could 
have been arrayed in support of the Constitution. It 
would appear, in short, as if each party, nay, as if 
every individual in England, had determined to take only 
a partial view of the Scottish character ; and hence, 
it is not at all wonderful that, at different periods, 
the country should have been subjected to imputa- 
tions and reproaches the most inconsistent and contra- 
dictory. It would be difficult to determine, whether 
the invectives and sarcasms of a Dr Johnson, or of a 
Churchill and a Junius, are the most acrimonious and 
illiberal ; — but it is consolatory to know, that some of 
them, at least, must have been false and groundless. In 
addition to political prejudices, there were others of a 
more vulgar kind, which were nourished by the joint 
influence of ignorance and political feeling. Some of 
these were so remarkably gross, as to be now as much a 
matter of laughter as of astonishment ; but yet so deeply 
rooted and prevalent as to have infected, in some measure, 
the minds of the most intelligent Englishmen. It was 
to little purpose, that almost every Scotsman who emi- 
grated to England, vanquished, on his own behalf, the 
prejudices entertained against his country. These still 
remained in force ; — and vices and imperfections, which 



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could be discovered in no individual Scotsman, were 
unsparingly imputed to the whole people of Scotland 
collectively.* 

It was not to be supposed, that the first monarchs of 
the Hanoverian line should be able to withstand the 
influence arising from the active prejudices of their 
English subjects. They could not estimate the force 
of 'principle in the minds of an educated, religious, 
and reflecting people; — but imagining, that with the 
mass of the Scots, as with the vulgar of other na- 
tions, loyalty was no more than a matter of feeling, 
they concluded, that the Scots must be irrevocably 
attached to the pretensions of a family, which, besides 
having produced the most illustrious champions of the 
nation's independence, had borne sway in Scotland from 
the very foundation of the monarchy. 

George III. was the first of his race who rose superior 
to the prejudices of the English and those of his family. 
It is probable, that the circumstances of his education may 
have disposed him to receive favourable impressions of 
the Scottish nation. But, independently, the religious and 
moral characteristics of that people could not fail to en- 
gage the esteem of a pious and virtuous monarch ; while, 
in their conspicuous valour and proverbial fidelity, he 

* The only exception that occurs to these remarks is furnished 
by the accomplished Walpole, who, in his Catalogue of royal 
and noble authors, pays the following compliment to the Scot- 
tish nation : — " It is not my purpose to give an exact account of 
the royal and noble authors of Scotland. I am not enough versed 
in them to do justice to writers of the most accomplished nation 
in Europe ; the nation to which, if any one country is endowed 
with a superior partition of sense, I should be inclined to give the 
preference in that particular," — Page 307. 



recognised qualities the most estimable in the sight of a 
sovereign, especially of one in whom courage and good 
faith seem to have been inherent and constitutional. 
The accession of George III. forms an epoch, as it were, 
in the Scottish annals. Since then, the points of contact 
between the two nations have been so infinitely multi- 
plied, that ignorance no longer lends its sanction to bitter 
prejudices and rankling antipathies, which have been 
succeeded by mutual esteem and mutual affection. No- 
thing, perhaps, has contributed more to the accom- 
plishment of this happy change, than the works of 
the immortal Burns, and of a great living author, 
whose genius has shed a dazzling effulgence over the 
world of letters. These works have unfolded peculi- 
arities of thought and of feeling in the Scottish people, 
which, but for their masterly exposition, might have re- 
mained for ever undiscovered by our southern neigh- 
bours. They have presented the national character, in 
the most imposing form, to the British public, with 
whom it has become, in some measure, a favourite and 
a fashionable study. The institutions of the country, 
and the influence which they have had upon the morals 
of the people, have been subjected to the most intense 
observation ; and in these much has been found deserving 
both of praise and of imitation. 

With the people of Scotland it has always been a 
subject of regret, and with others it may be the subject 
of astonishment, that a kingdom so ancient as Scotland, — 
the cradle of a race of kings not more unfortunate than 
illustrious, whose blood still runs in the veins of all the 
reigning monarchs of Europe, — a country rich in every 
natural object which can inspire delight or terror, — pos- 
sessing a metropolis of surpassing grandeur, a royal 



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palace, and all the paraphernalia of sovereign power, — 
and, above all, inhabited by a martial people, who have 
been profuse of their blood and their treasure in support- 
ing the glory of the empire ; — that this kingdom, having 
such special claims upon the regards of royalty, should 
never have been visited by any member of the reigning 
family (if we except the Duke of Cumberland, the son 
of George II. whose military duties demanded his pre- 
sence in Scotland), from the era of the Revolution till 
the present period. It will be recorded, in imperishable 
characters in the hearts of the Scottish nation, to the ho- 
nour of George IV. that, so soon after his accession as 
circumstances permitted, he amply compensated this un- 
merited neglect, by his gracious visit to their ancient 
metropolis. After the union of the two crowns, Scot- 
land was visited in succession by James VI. and the two 
Charleses ; but no previous royal visit was so truly 
complimentary and affectionate, or so elevating to" the 
national feelings, as that of his present Majesty. It 
is true, that James and his unfortunate successor were 
received by their subjects with the most gorgeous 
magnificence; by which, however, they as much in- 
dulged their national pride as demonstrated a love 
for their sovereign. James had provoked the fears 
and jealousies of his Scottish subjects, by his avowed 
hatred of the Presbyterian system, and his incessant and 
insidious attacks upon it ; and to the citizens of Edin- 
burgh, notwithstanding all his bonhommie, he had render- 
ed himself particularly obnoxious, by his arbitrary inva- 
sion of their privileges, and the most gross and unwar- 
rantable exactions.* The visits of Charles I., were 

* Appendix A. 






entirely for a political purpose, — to stem the tide of dis- 
affection, which had set in against him from his northern 
dominions, the people of which, in that fierce and into- 
lerant age, abhorred both his politics and his religion. 
But in George IV. we recognise not only the most 
powerful monarch on the globe, but the most accom- 
plished gentleman of the empire, whose visit to us has 
been dictated by a spirit of the purest benevolence 
and affection. He is the first of his race whose title to 
the throne has been altogether free from objection and 
cavil, and which men of the most discordant principles 
concur in supporting. We do not attach much importance 
to the opinions or dogmas of the school of Filmer ; but, 
in estimating the joy which his Majesty's visit is calcu- 
lated to inspire, it is a circumstance of no small account, 
that his rights are imiversally acknowledged. Now that 
the asperity of feeling which was provoked by the op- 
pressions of the last of the Stuarts has been softened down 
by the influence of time,— that their faults have been ex- 
piated by the most signal misfortunes, — there is greater 
scope for the natural partiality of the people of Scotland 
to their native race of princes ; and how much must 
their joy, on the present occasion, be exalted by the ani- 
mating reflection, that in George IV. they behold the 
natural and genuine representative of that ancient race, — 
of the immortal Bruce, — of a long line of patriot and 
heroic kings, many of whom were endeared to their 
subjects by their wisdom, clemency, and love of jus- 
tice ! 

Were we to judge of the loyalty of the citizens of 
Edinburgh by the splendid receptions which, in former 
times, they were accustomed to give to their sovereign, 



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we would conclude, that they were the most loyal and 
dutiful subjects in existence. The costly apparel in 
which they appeared on these occasions, the splendour 
of their pageants, and the value of their donations, con- 
vey a very exalted idea of their opulence at that early 
period. On the occasion of James VI. arriving in Edin- 
burgh to meet his parliament, in 1579, the town-council 
seem to have deliberated no less than seventeen days 
upon the preparations to be made for his reception ; and 
issued a number of edicts, which, in the present day, 
would be considered sufficiently arbitrary ; one of which 
directed the removal of " red timber, swine, and beg- 
gars/' from the city, under the pain of discretionary 
punishment. The king was conducted into the city 
under a magnificent canopy, and encountered in his 
progress a number of allegorical personages, and other 
" dainty devices. 1 " And the burgesses, besides appear- 
ing in suits of the richest velvet, and hanging their walls 
with Arras tapestry, presented him with the following 
pieces of plate : — A silver basin and ewer, weighing six 
pounds and ten ounces; two flackets of eight pounds 
weight ; six covered cups, four of which weighed twenty- 
eight ounces each, and the other twenty-four ounces 
each ; four candlesticks of thirty ounces each ; one salt- 
seller of twenty-four ounces ; a plate of twenty ounces, 
and one dozen of plates of ten ounces each. 

In 1590, on the occasion of James'' marriage with 
Anne of Denmark, the citizens of Edinburgh, to escape 
the burden of entertaining the Princess upon her arrival, 
until the palace was fitted up for her reception, paid 
James the sum of 5000 merks ; and despatched a ship 
to Denmark at an expense of i?500 Scots per month, 






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to bring home his Majesty and his royal bride.* On 
their arrival at Leith, they were attended by the town- 
council and the principal citizens, richly apparelled. At 
the West-Port, the Princess, after hearing a Latin ora- 
tion addressed to her, was received under a canopy and 
conducted to the palace ; forty-two young men, dressed 
in white taffety and gold chains, and masked as Moors, 
dancing before her the whole way* At her marriage, 
which was celebrated in St Giles 1 church, the council 
presented her Majesty with a rich jewel, held in pledge 
by them for i?4000, which the king's necessities had 
compelled him to borrow, and contented themselves with 
the royal promise of re-payment. At the same time, in 
compliance with a rescript of his Majesty, they gave an 
entertainment in the Mint to the Danish ambassador 
and those composing the Queen's suite, which cost £54>0, 
Scots money. And, in return for all this generosity, 
James, shortly afterwards, compelled the council to 
borrow from him ^40,000 Scots, (part of the Queen's 
dowry), at ten per cent, interest, though the rate of 
interest at which they then borrowed was only five per 
cent. 

In 1618, King James, after a residence in England of 
fourteen years, determined upon visiting his ancient king- 
dom. Preparatory to his journey, he addressed a letter to 

• The following is a table of the relative values of Scottish coins : 

2 Pennies make 1 bodle 

2 Bodies 1 plack 

3 Placks or 12 pennies, 1 shilling 
20 Shillings, 1 pound 
13 Sillings 4 pennies, 1 mark 

The value of a pound Scots is exactly 20 pence Sterling. 



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the Scots Privy Council, in which he labours to do away 
the unfavourable impressions which had been made on 
the minds of his subjects, by certain rumours respecting 
the objects of his visit ; which he declares was under- 
taken solely from " the salmon-like instinct" of visiting 
the place of his nativity. James, at the same time, had 
the condescension to send from London patterns of the 
gowns which the Magistrates of Edinburgh were to wear 
upon his arrival. The Privy Council, with a most com- 
mendable zeal, proceeded to make preparations for the 
suitable reception of his Majesty. They directed the 
immediate repair of the palaces of Holyroodhouse and 
Falkland, and the Castle of Stirling ; — and issued pro- 
clamations, prohibiting the slaying of bucks in the King's 
park at Falkland, and of muirfowl and partridges, during 
his Majesty's stay, within ten miles of his residence. They 
also issued directions to the city of Edinburgh, of the 
nature of municipal regulations. By these, it is curious 
to observe, that, in order to avert from the city the re- 
proach and scandal of strangers, the Magistrates are 
enjoined to see that the lodging houses " be furnest with 
honnest and clene bedding, and weele washin and weele 
smellit naprie, and others linningis, and with a sufficient 
nomber and quantitie of good veshells, cleane and cleir, 
and of sufficient lairgeness." 

On the 16th of May, James made his public entry to 
the capital. At the West-Port he was received by the 
Magistrates and Council, in their robes, and the principal 
citizens, dressed in black velvet; — in whose name a 
learned oration was addressed to him by Mr John Hay, 
deputy town-clerk, who seems to have been a leading 
personage in his day, both as an accomplished rhetorician 
and an expert negotiator. The King was afterwards 



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entertained with a sumptuous banquet by the citizens, 
who also presented him with 10,000 merks Scots, in 
double gold angels, in a gilt silver basin. It is re- 
corded, that the expenses incurred by the city on this oc- 
casion amounted to not less than i?47,000 Scots. But 
James had in reserve for himself amusements of a more 
intellectual kind. Being desirous of making a parade of 
his learning, he determined upon having a philosophical 
disputation in the college of Edinburgh ; which was 
afterwards adjourned to the royal chapel of Stirling. 
Thither the learned professors repaired ; and, in presence 
of the King and the flower of his nobility, and of many 
learned men, both Scots and English, controverted no 
less than three different theses ; the first being, that in- 
ferior Magistrates ought not to be hereditary ; the second, 
on the nature of local motion ; and the third, concern- 
ing the origin of fountains. The disputants, whose 
names were Adamson, Fairlie, Sands, Young, Reid, and 
King, acquitted themselves so much to the King's satis- 
faction, that he declared, " these men knew the mind of 
Aristotle as well as he did himself when alive ;" and, 
summoning them into his presence, after supper, he ex- 
pressed his opinion of their respective merits in a speech, 
which is a perfect example of the grotesque fancy and 
barbarous taste of the royal pedant. — " Adam" said the 
Monarch, " was father of all, and Adam's son had the 
first part of this act : The defender is justly called 
Fairlie, (Scotice a, wonder) ; his thesis had some fairlies 
in it, and he sustained them very fairly, and with many 
fairlies given to the oppugners. — And why should not 
Mr Sands be the first to enter the sands ? But now I 
clearly see that all sands are not barren, for certainly he 
hath shewn a fertile wit. Mr Young is very old in 
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Aristotle. Mr Reid need not be red with blushing for 
his acting this day. Mr King disputed very kingly, and 
of a kingly purpose, concerning the royal supremacy of 
reason above anger and all passions." And, on its being 
observed, that his Majesty had taken no notice of 
Principal Charteris, who, though a man of great learn- 
ing, was prevented, by extreme bashfulness, from speak- 
ing in so august an assembly, James replied, that " his 
name agrees well with his nature, for charters contain 
much matter, yet say nothing ; yet put great matter in 
men's mouths.'" The King concluded, by signifying his 
royal pleasure, that he would be Godfather to the College 
of Edinburgh, which thenceforth should be called the 
College of King James ; — and being ambitious of the 
profound remarks which he had uttered surviving in 
" immortal rhyme, 1 ' he directed them to be versified ; 
which appears to have been done by some anonymous 
bard.* 

But the reception which was given to Charles I. in 
1633, when he arrived in Edinburgh to hold a Parlia- 
ment and be formally crowned, surpassed all that had 
preceded it in pomp and magnificence. So soon as the 
privy council were certified of the final determination of 
his Majesty to visit Scotland, they directed large sup- 
plies of provisions to be collected in all the royal burghs, 
which it was probable he would visit ; and the repair 
of the roads in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and the 
counties in Scotland through which he might happen to 
travel. "j* Among other minute instructions, they gave 
orders for removing from the West-Port the heads of 
malefactors which were placed upon it, and to take 

* Appendix B. t Vide Appendix. C. 



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down a gallows and a malefactor hanged on it, at the east 
end of the Links. The town-council appointed a com- 
mittee to examine precedents of the ceremonials observed 
on the occasion of a royal visit ; and exerted themselves 
in devising the means of making a propyne, or present, to 
his Majesty, and of giving him a reception in all respects 
suitable to his high dignity. The naturally fine genius of 
the poet of Hawthornden, on this occasion, was subjected 
to the severe drudgery of preparing speeches and poems, 
to be recited to the King, stuffed with the most forced 
conceits, fulsome compliments, and extravagant imagery ; 
though it must be confessed, that part of the poetry, if 
deficient in simplicity, possesses considerable vigour and 
even brilliancy. 

On the 15th of June, Charles made his entry to the 
city in great state, attended by a splendid retinue, com- 
posed of his officers of state, the nobility and prelates, 
all marshalled in order, according to previous arrange- 
ment.* At the Port the solemnity of the procession was 
greatly disturbed by a contest which arose between the 
old sons of Earls and the Lords of Parliament, (the 
representatives of the lesser barons, or county members), 
upon a point of precedence, which, after a long dis- 
cussion, conducted, it would appear, upon the highway, 
was determined, in favour of the former, by the award 
of the sovereign. At the West Bow was erected a state- 
ly triumphal arch, on which Caledonia appeared, in an 
ancient and rich attire, who, in a copious speech, con- 
gratulated his Majesty on his safe arrival.-f* At the 
western end of the Tolbooth, in the High Street, stood 
another triumphal arch, on which were painted the por- 

• Appendix D. f Appendix E. 



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traits of the Scottish Kings : within the arch, Mercury 
appeared conducting the first Fergus, who bestowed many 
paternal and wholesome advices upon Charles. At the 
Cross appeared the rosy God, and, issuing from the cross, 
streams of wine, which flowed copiously, " to the great 
solace of the commoners.'" At the Tron, a high mount was 
raised representing Parnassus, on the middle of which 
was a pyramid of great height, with a glass fountain, 
whence Hypocrene issued. In a cavern of the moun- 
tain sat two bands of vocal and instrumental music, with 
an organ to complete the concert, which performed a 
piece of music called Caledonia, composed for the occa- 
sion by the best masters. On the northern side sat 
Apollo and the muses. When the divine harmony 
ceased, Apollo addressed himself in a panegyric to the 
King, and presented him with a volume of poetry com- 
posed by the members of the University. As the pro- 
cession advanced along the High-Street, which was lined 
by the citizens, armed, and in their best apparel, his Ma- 
jesty was saluted with peals of ordnance from the castle, 
and the joyous acclamations of his subjects. A grand 
banquet was afterwards given to the King ; the expense 
of which, and the other disbursements attending his 
entry, amounted to i?41,489 Scots money. 

In 1641, Charles the First again visited Edinburgh, 
for the purpose of conciliating his presbyterian subjects, 
by divesting himself of nearly the whole of his royal 
prerogatives. On this occasion, a splendid banquet was 
given to his Majesty, which cost the city £12,016 Scots 
money. 

The Scots, enraged at their favourite scheme of estab- 
lishing Presbyterianism in England being foiled by the 
Independents, who had also carried their political inno- 



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vations to a length which the Presbyterians had never 
contemplated; detesting, too, the atrocious murder of 
the unfortunate Charles, they embraced the cause of his 
successor with the greatest ardour. The citizens of Edin- 
burgh, in particular, raised and equipped a regiment 
of 600 men ; and in the following year, as the city had 
been wasted by a plague, they met a demand upon them 
for a new armament, by the payment of ^40,000 Scots 
into the national treasury. When Charles the Second 
landed at Leith, the citizens, notwithstanding the des- 
perate state of his affairs, determined to receive him 
with all possible magnificence ; but, on account of the 
expenses to which they were then subject in fortifying 
the city and its harbour, they agreed to limit the 
cost of his entertainment to 50,000 merks. But, as 
Charles found it expedient to decline the invitation of 
the citizens, they provided him with an elegant dessert, 
at an expense of £4*33 Scots, and generously presented 
him with £0,000 merks, as " a testimony of their loyal 
affection, and of their readiness to offer up their lives 
and fortunes for his Majesty's service, in the preserva- 
tion of religion, king, and kingdom." 

The conduct of the Scots at this perilous crisis shews, 
that, though they had stood forward as the champions 
and apostles of civil and religious freedom, for monarchy 
in the abstract they had a profound and unalterable 
veneration. This was a feeling which experience has 
since demonstrated might, by proper attention to their 
peculiar opinions, have been improved by the misguided 
Stuarts to the greatest advantage. No people are more 
susceptible than the Scots of grateful and kindly im- 
pressions ; and, though averse to all noisy ebullition 
of feeling, when calamity overtakes those to whom afFec- 



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tion or gratitude binds theni, no nation excels them in 
constancy under suffering, contempt of danger, and un- 
shaken fidelity. 

We have been thus copious in our details of previous 
royal visits, merely for the purpose of presenting a con- 
trast between the taste of former times and that of the 
present day. The former may be found the more showy ; 
but the latter the most rational and manly. The nat- 
ural and unconstrained respect of his loyal subjects, and 
their hearty welcome, must please a monarch, enlight- 
ened as he is generous, infinitely more than the quaint 
contrivances of hoary pedants, whose inventions are 
put to the task by the voice of authority. The place 
of allegory is well supplied by the thewes and sinews 
of that primitive race of men, who have descended from 
their mountains, to greet the royal presence, attired in a 
garb which, more than even classic drapery, inspires the 
most heroic recollections. If there is no pageantry or 
mimic display, there is the real, unsophisticated appear- 
ance of a brave and hardy people, who, even under the 
most adverse circumstances, have commanded respect, 
and the recent deeds of whose warriors have fixed upon 
them the attention of an admiring world. 



HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. 



CHAP. I. 



When his Majesty, in the course of last summer, was 
graciously pleased to visit the Irish capital, an expecta- 
tion was very confidently entertained by the people of 
Scotland, that he would bestow a similar honour upon 
them, before returning to London. It would be too 
much to say, that their pride was not at all affected by 
the circumstance of Ireland being the first to receive 
so conspicuous a proof of royal condescension and 
favour; but their good sense readily acquiesced in the 
justice and cogency of those motives, not less benevolent 
than politic, which determined his Majesty to give to 
that country the preference. Circumstances intervened 
which rendered the royal visit to Scotland inexpedient 
for the time, — a disappointment which was severely felt 
by the Scottish nation, but which was relieved by the 
assurance, that the wished-for event would take place in 
the course of the ensuing summer. 

In the spring, the rumour of the King being about 
to visit Scotland was again revived and implicitly relied 
on, until contradicted in a form, which, though not 
official, was so decided and peremptory as to induce the 
opinion that his Majesty had suspended his gracious in- 
tentions. But all doubt and uncertainty were soon re- 
moved, by a letter received by the Lord Provost of 
Edinburgh, upon the 18th of July, from Lord Viscount 
Melville, Lord Privy Seal for Scotland, intimating, that 
his Majesty had positively resolved to visit Scotland 
during the summer, and might be expected to reach 
Edinburgh on or about the 10th of August. The de- 
puty-keeper of Holyroodhouse received a letter to the 
same effect, in order that the necessary preparations 
might be made for his Majesty's reception. 



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The announcement of this intelligence produced in 
Edinburgh a sensation not to be described, and which was 
communicated to the remotest extremities of the king- 
dom. In the capital, the countenance of every one in- 
stantly assumed an air of animated joy ; and the bustle 
of preparation, which was visible in all quarters, fore- 
told the grandeur of that scene to which all looked for- 
ward with the most eager expectation. The deep feeling 
of enthusiasm which was felt on the occasion, and the 
habitual gravity and reserve of the national character, 
were beautifully displayed in the magnificent scale of the 
preparations, and the orderly, quiet manner in which these 
were conducted. Various buildings offensive to taste 
were removed in an instant ;— others were made to change 
their appeai^Ce; — roads were constructed and repair- 
ed ; — arches did platforms erected ; — crowds of strangers 
Eoured in upon the city ; — and, after all, never did Edin- 
urgh enjoy more profound tranquillity. It was, be- 
sides, most honourable to the loyalty of the inhabitants, 
that though party spirit had previously raged among 
them to a deplorable height, they suspended their ani- 
mosities as if resolved, by mutual consent, there should be 
no alloy to the general happiness. Both parties seemed 
animated by one common feeling ; and thus furnished 
a satisfactory and gratifying proof, had proof been 
wanting, that difference of political opinion by no means 
necessarily occasions even a shade of difference in attach- 
ment to a constitutional monarch. 

The first movement of any importance made by the 
civic authorities was, the issuing a proclamation, recom- 
mending to their fellow-citizens to appear, during his 
Majesty's visit, in an uniform dress, which they sug- 
gested ought to be a blue coat, white vest, and nankeen 
or white pantaloons ; and to assume the ancient national 
emblem of St Andrew's Cross, (white upon a dark-blue 
ground), placed on the left side of the hat in the man- 
ner of a cockade. It was thought by some, that uni- 
formity of appearance was altogether unsuitable to a na- 
tion of freemen, and was a sort of disguise to a people 
whom his Majesty wished to observe " as nature and 
education had made them ;" and, besides, that the re- 






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commendation was injurious to those of the humbler 
classes who might find it inconvenient to comply with it. 
But whatever may have been thought of this proceeding 
of the Magistrates, no one can doubt, that it originated in 
the most patriotic and honourable motives ; and, con- 
sidering the multiplicity of measures which they had to 
direct, and suggestions to attend to, it will be remembered 
to their honour, that, excepting, perhaps, in this parti- 
cular instance, there was no proposal of theirs which 
was not cheerfully adopted by their fellow-citizens. 

As it was understood that his Majesty, though he meant 
to reside at Dalkeith house, the seat of the Duke of 
Buccleuch, would hold his Court at his own palace of 
Holyroodhouse, the attention of the public authorities 
was naturally directed to its repair and improvement.* 

* The more ancient parts of the present palace, consisting of the 
north-west towers, were built by James V. about the year 1528, as 
a royal residence, though for ages before, the Scottish kings seem to 
have occasionally resided at this place. Below a niche in one of 
these towers his name is still to be seen, jac. rex v. scotorum. 
During the minority of Queen Mary, the Palace of Holyroodhouse 
was burnt along with the city, by the English forces under the 
Earl of Hertford. Soon after this period, however, it was repaired 
and enlarged beyond its present size. At that time it is said to 
have consisted of no fewer than five courts, the most westerly of 
which was the largest. It was bounded on the east by the front of 
the palace, which occupied the same space which it does at present ; 
but the building extended itself farther towards the south. At the 
north-west corner was a strong gate, (the gate of the ancient ad- 
joining abbey,) with Gothic pillars, arches, and towers, which was 
taken down in 1755. 

Great part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse was burnt by the 
soldiers of Cromwell. At the Restoration, however, it was again 
repaired, and altered into its present form by King Charles II. 
These alterations and reparations were designed by Sir William 
Bruce, a celebrated architect, and the work was executed by Robert 
Mylne, whose name appears on a pillar in the north-west angle of 
the inside of the square, fvn. be ro. mylne m. m. ivl. 1671. 

The paintings of the monarchs of Scotland in the gallery were 
much defaced by the English soldiers quartered there in the year 
1745. They seem to have thought that, by destroying the inani- 
mate effigies of the House of Stuart, they eminently displayed their 
loyalty to the House of Hanover. Prince Charles Stuart, (the young 
Pretender,) in that year also, took up his residence for some time 
in this mansion of his fathers ; and thither the inhabitants of Edin- 
burgh repaired to him, to pay the assessment laid on the city. 



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This ancient palace, though preserving in its exterior 
all its pristine magnificence, when viewed apart from the 
ignoble buildings that surrounded it, had suffered, in a 
number of ways, the most lamentable desecration. A 
new road to the front of the palace was immediately 
commenced, leading through the artillery ground, on the 
north side, from the London road at the Abbey Hill. 
The old road through St Ann's Gardens, which still 
bears the name of the Duke's Walk, from its having 
been a favourite promenade of the Duke of York, after- 
wards James the Seventh, was also repaired ; and, from 
the point where it comes in contact with Comely-Gar- 
dens, to Parson's Green, was diverted to a line more to the 
southward. The barriers along the road were thrown 
down, so as to open a free communication with the 
Musselburgh road, for his Majesty's carriage, in proceed- 
ing to and from Dalkeith house. The old out-houses 
attached to the south side of Holyroodhouse, and the 
wall enclosing them and part of the garden, were thrown 
down ; and thus an open space was formed, which pre- 

Of this palace, which is now almost the only entire regal resi- 
dence which remains in Scotland, the Duke of Hamilton is herit- 
able keeper. He has a lodging within it, as have also several others 
of the Scottish nobility, in which are a number of portraits, some 
of them of considerable merit. Notwithstanding this, a great 
part of the building remained uninhabited, and was hastening to 
decay, when, in 1793, apartments were fitted up for the residence of 
the Count D'Artois, brother of the present King of France, the 
Dukes D'Angouleme and Berri, and others of the French exiled 
nobility. — Stark's Picture of Edinburgh. 

Adjoining the palace are the remains of the abbey of Holyrood- 
house, in its time the most richly endowed in Scotland. It was 
founded by David the First, who, for his liberality to the church, 
was canonized as a saint, but who, as James V. described him, was 
' ' a sair sanct to the crown." After the Reformation, the building 
was converted into a parish church. On the accession of James VII. 
it was converted into a royal chapel ; and a throne and stalls for the 
Knights of the Thistle were erected. At the Revolution, it suffered 
grievous dilapidations at the hands of the populace. In 1758, an ar- 
chitect and mason having got L.1003 for repairing its roof, covered 
it with flag stones ; the weight of which was so disproportioned to 
the strength of the walls, that in 1768 the roof fell in. In 1773, 
the rubbish was sold ; and a house in Baxter's Close was built with 
the figured stones, after defacing the carvings and cornices ! ! ! 



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sented the appearance of a shrubbery. Southward of this 
space a high wall was built, which served as a screen to 
some mean buildings on that side of the palace. A hand- 
some portico was also erected at the door of the palace, on 
the south side, so as to form a private passage for his Ma- 
jesty. The posts and chains surrounding the grass plat, 
in front of the palace, were removed for the accommoda- 
tion of carriages ; and the buildings in the same direction 
were newly coloured. The court in the centre of the 
palace was new laid with Kensington gravel ; and in the 
middle was erected a pedestal, supporting a cluster of 
elegant lamps, to be lighted with gas, surmounted by one 
of larger dimensions ; and pipes were also laid for con- 
veying water to the interior of the palace. Nor was less 
attention bestowed upon the internal accommodation of 
this royal residence. Directions were issued to Mr 
Trotter, his Majesty's upholsterer, for fitting up the 
apartments requisite for his Majesty's accommodation. 
On the 26th of July, Mr Mash, of the Lord Cham- 
berlain's department, arrived from London, to superin- 
tend the various arrangements; and about the same 
time there arrived by sea a large quantity of his Ma- 
jesty's stores. On the second storey of the south side of 
the Palace, in front of the court, was a large space 
formerly occupied as a guard-room. This, by the 
removal of some partitions and other incumbrances, 
was converted into the presence-chamber, which was 
fitted up in a style of superior magnificence. The 
ceiling was painted olive-brown, and the floor laid with 
cloth of the same colour ; the walls were lined with scar- 
let cloth and mouldings deeply gilded ; and the windows 
hung with curtains of deep crimson, with gold tassels 
and fringes. At the west end was placed the throne, which 
was brought from Buckingham House. The throne, 
at first, was enclosed within a brass railing, but this 
was subsequently removed. Behind the throne appeared 
the letters and numerals, G. It. IV., and above was 
erected a splendid canopy, adorned with the royal arms. 
Attached to the presence chamber is a suite of elegant 
rooms, some of them hung with tapestry and paintings, 
situated on the east side of the Palace, and communi- 



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eating with the picture gallery, in which, it was arranged, 
that those who were to be presented to his Majesty should 
assemble. The furniture of his Majesty's private apart- 
ments is remarkable, equally for its simplicity ana its 
elegance. The frame of the King's bed is so low as to 
be not more than a foot from the ground, and terminates 
in a head like a Grecian couch, about four feet high ; the 
mattress, bolster, and pillows, are covered with white satin; 
and above is a canopy suspended from the ceiling. 

It being understood, that his Majesty would proceed 
to the Castle in state, there to receive the royal diadem 
of Scotland, the Magistrates determined upon the re- 
moval of every obstruction or deformity along the route 
of the procession. The Weigh-house, at the head of the 
West Bow, a massive but unshapely building, which 
had stood for upwards of five hundred years, was ac- 
cordingly removed;* and thus an uninterrupted view 
was opened up from the Castle-hill, of that noble street, 
which, even in the sixteenth century, extorted the admi- 
ration of foreigners,*)- and which Smollett pronounced to 

• The City Arms, in front of the building, was presented by the 
Magistrates to the Society of Antiquaries. The other materials 
were sold on 27th July for £271, and cleared away by the 6th 
August. 

f " In this city there are two spacious streets, of which the prin- 
" cipal one leading from the Palace to the Castle is paved with 
" square stones. The city itself is not built of brick, but of square 
" free stones ; and so stately is their appearance, that single houses 
" may be compared to palaces. From the Abbey to the Castle, 
( f there is a continued street, which, on both sides, contains a range 
" of excellent houses, and the better sort are built of hewn stone." 
— Braun Agrippinensis, lib. 3, voce Edenburgum. It may be pro- 
per to remark, that all the houses of this street, with the excep- 
tion of a few in the Canongate, Netherbow, and Castlehill, which 
have wooden outshots or projections, are built entirely of free- 
stone. The history of these outshots is curious, and proves, that, 
though of great antiquity, they are, in fact, innovations upon the 
original structure of the city. James IV. having empowered the 
citizens to feu out the Borough Muir and the Common Myre, part 
of the common guid, they proceeded to clear the ground, by cutting 
down the trees growing upon it, of which there was such an abun- 
dance, that, in order to encourage the inhabitants to purchase them, 
the Town Council enacted, that whoever purchased a certain quantity 
should be allowed to new-front his house with wood, and to extend 
it seven feet into the street ; " whereby," Maitland observes, " the 



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be one of the noblest in Europe. It was with no small 
exultation and anxiety that the citizens of Edinburgh 
looked forward to a procession, conducted with all the 
pomp and circumstance of regal splendour, along the 
same street which had often witnessed the magnificent 
Ridings of the Scottish Parliament.* 

Great attention was also bestowed upon the state of 
the Castle, the guns of which were newly painted, and 
the carriage and path-ways, and the defective parts of 
the masonry, repaired. 

It having been considered probable, that the King- 
would, in the course of his visit, attend divine service in 
the High Church of St Giles, various improvements 
were executed in the interior of this venerable fabric ; 
and a seat was fitted up, in a style of becoming magni- 
ficence, for the Sovereign. 

It was early determined, that his Majesty should be 
invited to a banquet, to be given by the city, on the 
auspicious occasion of his visit. After some considera- 
tion, it was rightly judged, that the entertainment should 
take place in the Parliament House, in the great hall, 
now called the Outer-House, in which the Scottish 
Parliaments used to assemble. A more proper place it 
was impossible to have selected than this noble hall, 
which, in spaciousness, is inferior only to that of Westmin- 
ster.")* The necessary preparations were immediately com- 
menced by Mr Trotter, who has shown the greatest taste 
and judgment in designing and completing them. At the 
south end, under the great window, was placed the King's 
table, elevated by three or four steps, and of an irregular 
elliptic form. A place in the centre was allotted to the 
Sovereign, who, seated under a crimson velvet canopy, 

" High-street was reduced fourteen feet in its breadth ; and the 
" buildings, which before had stone fronts,, were now converted 
" into wood, and the Burgh into a wooden city." The space be- 
tween the Castle and the Palace, which includes the Castlehill, 
Lawnmarket, High-street, and Canongate, forming one entire 
street, is one mile and 25 yards long. 

* Appendix E. 
t The height of the Hall, in its walls, is 60 feet; its length 142 
feet ; and its breadth 49. Its grand Norman roof, which is of carved 
oak, is much admired. 

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surmounted by the royal arms, might survey the whole 
company ranged along the sides. On the north end of the 
hall, the city arms were got up with suitable splendour. 
The Faculty of Advocates, and the Society of Writers 
to the Signet, made offers of their respective Libraries, 
to be used as withdrawing-rooms, — that of the Faculty 
by his Majesty, the other by the company. 

In order that the dignity of the city might be properly 
supported by its chief Magistrate, a carriage and six was 
ordered to be prepared for the Lord Provost, having the 
arms of the city painted on the pannels, and a hammer- 
cloth and livery of the city colour, which is orange.— 
Dresses, such as those worn by the beef-eaters (proper- 
ly yeomen of the guard) were also ordered for thirty men, 
who were appointed to the service of the Lord High 
Constable and the Knight Marischal. 

A proclamation was issued by the Magistrates, in- 
timating to the inhabitants, that, on the evening after the 
King's arrival, there would be a bonfire on the summit 
of Arthur's seat,* and a display of fire-works at the west 
end of George's Street ; — and recommending and re- 
questing a general illumination, by the inhabitants, on 
the following evening. The materials for the bonfire 
were transported by horses to the top of the hill, to which, 
in all probability, no horse had ever before ascended ; 
and it was an amusing spectacle to persons at a distance, 
to observe these animals, when about their greatest eleva- 
tion — their bulk reduced apparently to a tenuous form, 
and, snake-like, " dragging their slow lengths along" to- 
wards the summit. 

Orders were issued by the Commissioners of Police for 
lighting up the same number of lamps that are used in 
the winter season, from the commencement of August 
until his Majesty's departure ; and new lamps, upon a 
more elegant model, were directed to be substituted, in 
some of the principal streets, in place of the old ones. 

With a view to the royal procession from the Castle, 
a gallery was erected at the Cross for the whole body of 

* The height of this hill, which, with the contiguous eminence 
called Salisbury Crags, overlooks the palace, is 656 feet from its 
base, and above 800 from the level of the sea. 



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the Magistracy, in their robes, headed by the Lord 
Provost, and attended by their officers; and for the 
Magistrates of Glasgow and other royal burghs, the 
Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and other official 
personages. Upon the balcony of the Royal Exchange, 
opposite, another gallery was raised, meant for the ac- 
commodation of ladies, who were to be admitted by tickets 
from the Lord Provost. Other galleries were erected in 
rapid succession : one along the front of St Giles, in 
divisions, for the accommodation of, first, Peeresses ; 
secondly, the Merchant Company ; thirdly, the Commis- 
sioners of Police ; and fourthly, the Clergy, the Senatus 
Academicus, the Royal College of Physicians : two gal- 
leries in front of the Advocates' Library and County Hall; 
one for the accommodation of the College of Justice, the 
members of which were to appear in proper costume; the 
other for the Freeholders and Commissioners of Supply 
for the county : and a gallery at the head of the West 
Bow, to accommodate, first, the boys at the High School: 
and their masters ; next, the boys of Heriot's Hospital 
and their masters ; then, the boys of Watson's Hospital 
and their masters; fourthly, the parochial teachers; 
and lastly, the private teachers. , 

On the 8th of August, a meeting of the Lieutenancy 
of Scotland was held in the Waterloo Hotel, at which 
Lord Arbuthnot, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire, 
presided, when " agreements were entered into for the 
erection of stands upon the Castlehill, to accommodate 
2000 spectators," — the county ladies and gentlemen to 
have a preference. The erection, as agreed upon, was 
immediately commenced. 

Improvements were also commenced upon the theatre, 
which, both with respect to the appearance of the house 
and the accommodation provided for his Majesty, in case 
he should visit it, reflect great credit upon the good taste 
and public spirit of the manager. Two rooms were 
fitted up, through which the King would have to pass, 
and alterations were made in the box-office, by which he 
would have to enter. 

Nor were the corporations and other public bodies 
inactive during this anxious period. Meetings were con- 









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vened of the Faculty of Advocates and of the Writers 
to the Signet, at which committees were appointed to 
prepare loyal and dutiful addresses to his Majesty, con- 
gratulating him upon his arrival; and afterwards, the 
addresses so prepared were unanimously adopted. Similar 
addresses were also unanimously agreed to and voted, by 
an extraordinary meeting of the commission of the General 
Assembly of the Church of Scotland ; the Senatus Aca- 
demicus of the University ; the Society in Scotland for 
propagating Christian Knowledge ; the College of Phy- 
sicians ; the Royal College of Surgeons ; the Solicitors 
before the Supreme Courts ; the Procurators of the 
Admiralty Court ; the Solicitors at Law ; the Royal 
Physical Society ; the Merchant Company; the Corpora- 
tion of St Mary's Chapel; the Corporation of Gold- 
smiths ; the Corporation of Cordiners, and of Bakers ; and 
a number of other public bodies and corporations. At 
many of the meetings held for voting these addresses, 
political allusions in them were strongly deprecated, as leav- 
ing some members no alternative but to oppose an address, 
though breathing a feeling of loyalty in which all partici- 
pated, or of submitting to a painful compromise of their 
principles. The weight of this reasoning was generally felt, 
and in particular by the Merchant Company and the Cor- 
poration of St Mary's Chapel, who expunged certain 
words from the addresses proposed to them, as susceptible 
of being construed into a compliment to the present ad- 
ministration. 

On the 9th of August an extraordinary meeting of the 
Highland Society was held, for the purpose of voting an 
address of congratulation to his Majesty. The meeting 
was attended by not fewer than from 250 to 300 noble- 
men and gentlemen, among the former of whom were the 
Marquisses of Queensberry and Lothian ; the Earls of 
Moray, Wemyss and March, Leven and Melville, 
Aboyne, Breadalbane, Aberdeen, and Rosebery ; Vis- 
count Arbuthnot; Lords Torphichen, Saltoun, Binning, 
Strathaven, Glenorchy, Robert Kerr, and Francis Levison 
Gower. The Marquis of Lothian was called to the 
chair ; — -and an address having been moved by the Earl 
of Wemyss and March, and seconded by the Earl of 
Breadalbane, the same was unanimously agreed to. 



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A meeting was also held by the Students attending 
the University, when they resolved, that, on the occasion 
of the procession to the Castle, they should wear either 
blue or black coats; and appointed a committee to con- 
sider what motto they should display on that day, and 
to prepare a loyal address to his Majesty, either in La- 
tin or English, poetry or prose. 

It was the express pleasure of his Majesty, that the 
honourable duty of the interior of the Palace, and the 
guard on his own person, should be intrusted to the 
ancient and honourable Company of Archers,* who 

* Upon the old laws of weapon-shawing, a plan seems to have 
been formed by the Jacobitical party, for instituting, under a pre- 
text of sports and recreations, a military corps, which, as occasion 
offered, might assemble under authority of law. 

A society for encouraging and exercising archery had already 
been formed ; had, upon their application, acquired the patronage 
of the Scottish Privy Council; and got from them a prize to be shot 
for by the company. They consisted of noblemen and gentlemen 
of distinction. The Marquis of Athole was their captain-general ; 
and they held frequent meetings during the reign of the royal 
brothers. For some time after the Revolution, no traces of this com- 
pany are to be discovered. But, upon the accession of Queen Anne, 
and the death of the Marquis of Athole, they appointed the cele- 
brated Sir George Mackenzie, then Lord Tarbat, and secretary of 
state, and afterwards Earl of Cromarty, their captain-general. Hav- 
ing made choice of a leader of such approven fidelity and powerful 
interest, the opportunity was laid hold of, to obtain from Queen 
Anne a charter under the great seal, erecting them into a royal 
company ; reviving and ratifying, in their behalf, the old laws and 
acts of parliament in favour of archery; giving them power to ad- 
mit members, to make choice of a preses and council, to appoint 
their commanding-officers, ' and to meet and go forth under their 
' ^officers' conduct in military form, in manner of weapon-s?iawing, as 
' often as they should think convenient / and prohibiting the civil 
magistrate from giving them any interruption. These rights and 
privileges they were appointed to possess after the mode of feudal 
tenure, and to hold them in fee blench of her Majesty, and her suc- 
cessors, paying therefore an annual acknowledgment of a pair of 
barbed arrows. 

The first time, that, in consequence of this charter, they display- 
ed any military parade, was in A. D. 1714. The critical state of 
the country, the hopes and fears of opposite factions, aroused by the 
condition of Queen Anne, whose death was fast approaching, and 
by the tottering and distracted state of the ministry, seem to have 
inspired unusual vigour into the company of archers. Their laws 



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were to discharge it in the same manner as the gentle- 
men pensioners of England. The company, so soon 

were extended upon vellum, adorned with festoons of thistles, and 
subscribed by the members. They did not hesitate to engross in 
their minute-book, in terms which could not be misunderstood, that 
they remembered, on his birth-day, the health of an exiled Prince. 
And, on the 14th of June, the Earl of Cromarty, their captain- 
general, although then upwards of eighty years of age, and the Earl 
of Wemyss, as their lieutenant-general, marched at the head of 
above fifty noblemen and gentlemen, clothed in uniform, equipped 
in military array, and distinguished by their proper standards, from 
the Parliament Square to the palace of Holy rood House, thence to 
Leith, where they shot for the silver arrow given by the city of 
Edinburgh ; and returned in similar parade ; having received from 
the different guards which they passed, the same honours that are 
paid to any body of the king's forces. But next year, the Earl of 
Cromarty being dead, the Earl of Wemyss headed a procession, in 
which above an hundred of the nobility and gentry assisted. 

After the Rebellion in 1715, the archers made no parade for nine 
years. But the Duke of Hamilton being chosen their captain- 
general, they marched through Musselburgh A. D. 1724, and af- 
terwards occasionally till the year 1743; since which time they 
have not displayed any public parade. 

It is no ways surprising, that this company was looked upon as 
disaffected to government during the reigns of the first and second 
George. None, indeed, was then admitted into it who was not 
supposed to bear an attachment to the house of Stuart. Upon the 
Cardinal de Tencin having meditated an invasion of Britain in fa- 
vour of that unfortunate family, this company appointed a High- 
land chieftain, the head of a powerful and numerous clan, preses of 
their council ; with a view (as was supposed) of inducing him to 
raise his followers, and join the Pretender. After the late Rebel- 
lion, the officers of state looked upon this society with so jealous an 
eye, that they actually appointed spies to watch their conduct, and 
frequent their companies. 

The prizes belonging to this company, and which are annually 
shot for, are a silver arrow, given by the town of Musselburgh, 
which appears to have been shot for as early as the year 1603. The 
victor in this, as in the other prizes, has the custody of it for a year, 
then returns it with a medal appended, on which are engraved 
any motto and device which the gainer's fancy dictates. There 
are now an hundred and three pieces appended to this arrow. 

The next prize is a silver arrow given to the royal company by 
the city of Edinburgh A. D. 1709. There are sixty-eight pieces of 
gold appended to it. The person who wins this prize gets £5 Ster- 
ling from the town of Edinburgh. 

The last prize belonging to this society is a silver punch bowl of 
about the value of forty pounds, made at the expense of the royal 



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as the royal will was made known, commenced dril- 
ling, and astonished those who were strangers to their 
appearance, by the elegance of their uniform, — a Ro- 
bin Hood tartan jacket, tartan trews, the Highland 
hose, the flat blue bonnet, the ruff, Robin Hood belt, 
and white satin bow-case, worn as a scarf. It would be 
difficult to collect a finer body of men than appeared 
at the musters of this highly-privileged company, who 
have to boast of the gallant Earl of Hopetoun as their 
captain-general, and of the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of 
Morton, General Leslie Cumming, and other distin- 
guished individuals, among their officers. The com- 
pany, not unmindful of their tenure, caused two barbed 
arrows to be prepared, to be presented to his Majesty 
upon his arrival. These are of exquisite workmanship ; 
the shaft composed of snake wood, and the barbs of 
silver ; and on each is inscribed, " To his Majesty King 



company A. D. 1720. To this bowl fifty-eight pieces are ap- 
pended. 

The affairs of this company are managed by a preses and six 
counsellors, who are chosen annually by the whole members. The 
council are vested with the power of receiving or rejecting candi- 
dates for admission, and of appointing the company's officers, civil 
and military. 

This society had dwindled very much till within these few years, 
when it was revived merely by the attentions of the late Mr St 
Clair of Roslin, and the respect which was universally entertained 
for him. It now consists of about three hundred members, among 
whom are most of the Scottish nobility of the first distinction. The 
company meet weekly during the summer season in Edinburgh, in 
the Meadows, where they exercise themselves in shooting at butts, 
or rovers. The want of a house of their own in the neighbourhood 
of the field being found inconvenient, the company feued from the 
town of Edinburgh about an acre of ground on the east end of the 
Meadows, for which they pay a feu-duty of £12 a-year, and double 
that sum as entry-money every twenty-fifth year. Upon this area 
they began to build in August 1776. The house which they have 
reared consists of a hall, forty feet by twenty-four, and eighteen 
high; two rooms of eighteen by nineteen, besides kitchen, cellars, 
lobby, and other apartments. The ground behind the house is laid 
out into a bowling-green. To defray the expense of this building, 
the company had only a stock of £300 ; the rest has been raised 
by subscription among the members ; the expense of the whole 
amounting to about £1200.— Arnott's History of Edinburgh. 



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George IV. Reddendo of Royal Company of Archers. 
Holyrood, August 1823." 

It was also arranged, that the Celtic Society* should 
form four companies, in the complete Highland costume, 
for discharging the duty of guards on the Lord High 
Constable and Knight Marischal, and also as guards 
over the Regalia of Scotland Accordingly, the mem- 
bers of this very flourishing and respectable institution 
prepared themselves, by a regular process of military 
discipline, for the important duties assigned to them. 
On Saturday, the 10th of August, the corps having 
gone through the ordinary evolutions, the ceremony of 
presenting and consecrating their colours took place, in 
the presence of many delighted spectators. A square 
being formed, General Graham Stirling, one of the Cap- 
tains-Commandant of the Celts, said, that it was intend- 
ed that the colours should have been presented by some 
lady of distinguished rank ; but the hurry occasioned by 
the shortness of the time for preparation had prevented 
the ceremony. He said, however, that there were two in- 
dividuals present who would give weight and honour to 
every thing they might undertake, — Sir Walter Scott, 
who, besides his genius and fame, had been the constant 
friend and supporter of the society from the beginning ; 
and Colonel Stewart of Garth, who was himself a true 
Highlander, and the historian of Highlanders. A stan- 
dard having been taken by each of these gentlemen, Sir 
Walter said, that, in discharging the honourable task 
assigned him of delivering the colours, he knew that 
he put them into the hands of a true Highlander, and one 
who was surrounded by companions equally so. These 
colours would be doubly prized by them, as they were 
to be first used in their performance of the distinguished 
and proud duty of watching over the Scottish Regalia, 
those cherished, monuments of our ancient independence. 
He was proud to see the gentlemen grayed in such 
beautiful and complete costume ; and while he admired 

* This society was instituted at Edinburgh in January 1820 ; 
the first object of it being to promote the general use of the ancient 
Highland dress in the Highlands. It consists already of many of 
the nobles and of the most respectable gentlemen of Scotland. 



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the display of our ancient characteristic weapons on this 
joyous and peaceful occasion, he had no doubt that 
every man around him would make an equally gallant 
show if ever called upon to protect the liberties and in- 
dependence of their country. The honourable Baronet 
concluded an eloquent speech by delivering one stand of 
colours to Captain W. Mackenzie of Gruinord, while 
Colonel Stewart, at the same time, presented the other to 
the honourable James Sinclair, by whom they were to be 
borne in the ensuing ceremonies. The Rev. Dr Ander- 
son, the society's cnaplain, then pronounced an appro- 
priate prayer, and the ceremony concluded. The motto 
on the colours is, u Albain me ghraidh.-— Scotia my love." 
On the following Monday, about twelve o'clock, the 
Knight Marischal came to the parade before Heriot Row, 
attended by Alexander Maitland Gibson, Esq., advocate, 
younger of Clifton-hall, and administered the oath of al- 
legiance to the Celts, previous to their doing duty. The 
Earl of Errol, Macdonell of Glengary, and other chief- 
tains, frequently attended the parade. 

The subscribers to the national monument of Scot- 
land, having, in the course of the last session, been incor- 
porated by Act of Parliament, and, the subscription being 
already in a state of considerable forwardness, it was 
thought, that the King's presence in the Scottish capital 
would be a suitable occasion for laying, with all the honours 
of masonry, the foundation stone of this splendid edifice. 
That ceremony, it was hoped, would be dignified by 
the presence of his gracious Majesty, the patron of the 
Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Scotland. With these 
views, a meeting was held, on the 5th August, of the ge- 
neral committee of subscribers, at which the Earl of Levin 
and Melville presided, when the following resolutions, 
moved by the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and second- 
ed by the Earl of Rosebery, were carried unanimously : 

I. Resolved, in fulfilment of the expectation held 
forth, and in redemption of the pledge come under to 
his Majesty the King, in the petition presented to the 
throne by his Grace John Duke of Atholl, in behalf of 
the committee of noblemen and gentlemen, contributors 



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to the national monument of Scotland, (should his Ma- 
jesty be graciously pleased to countenance this resolu- 
tion,) to lay the foundation stone of the edifice on the 
occasion of the gracious visit of his Majesty (the patron 
of the undertaking) to the ancient palace and capital of 
his royal ancestors. 

II. Resolved, that the preceding resolution be forth- 
with communicated to the Secretary of the Grand Lodge 
of Scotland, of which the King is patron, in order that 
the necessary steps may be taken by them, in conjunction 
with such of the provincial lodges as may choose to at- 
tend, to give all due effect to this interesting and im- 
posing ceremony. 

In pursuance of these resolutions, upon Monday the 
12th of August, workmen commenced digging out a 
foundation for the intended monument, a little to the 
east of Nelson's monument and the Observatory. 

The ladies of Scotland, at this time resident in the 
metropolis, participated largely in the enthusiasm which 
animated all classes. They delegated Sir Walter Scott, 
the bard of chivalry and romance, to greet the approach 
of their sovereign to the Scottish shore, and to do hom- 
age in their name, by laying a St Andrew's cross, the 
ancient emblem of Scotland, at the feet of his Majesty. 
The design of this elegant offering is chaste, and worthy 
of the fair hands that formed it. It consists of a broad 
and rich cross of pearls raised on blue velvet, and en- 
closed within a belt of gold, on which is embroidered, 
with pearls, the Gaelic motto of Rwgh Albhain gu brath. 
— Hail to the King of Scotland. — The belt is attached 
by a brilliant diamond buckle, and from its extremity is 
suspended a magnificent pearl, the produce of Scotland, 
and probably the finest ever found in this country. The 
whole is surmounted by the imperial crojrn, girt round 
with brilliants, and richly decorated with rubies, eme- 
ralds, and the topaz, alternating with pearls, in the man- 
ner of the ancient Scottish crown, long forgotten, but 
auspiciously brought to light a little before this period. 
A band with a buckle of Scottish gems is adjusted, so 

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as to admit of this elegant and costly jewel being worn 
either on the hat or bound round the arm. 

No sooner was it ascertained that the King would 
visit the metropolis of Scotland, than a controversy, 
maintained on both sides in the purest spirit of patriot- 
ism, arose respecting the place best adapted for his Ma- 
jesty's landing. By some it was proposed, that the Chain- 
pier at Trinity was in all respects more eligible than 
Leith harbour, especially as the unoccupied ground in 
front of the former would admit a far greater number 
of spectators than the other to witness the gratifying spec- 
tacle. This proposition was resented by the inhabitants 
of Leith, as offering an indignity to the place which had 
always been the landing-place of the kings of Scotland, 
when returning from abroad, or from visiting the northern 
parts of their dominions. So strong was their feeling on 
this subject, that the convenery of Leith forwarded a pe- 
tition to his Majesty, humbly entreating him to confer 
upon their town the distinguished honour of landing 
there. It was finally adjudged by the higher authori- 
ties, that Leith should have the honour which its in- 
habitants so patriotically claimed ; and, on Tuesday 
the 6th of August, his Grace the Duke of Montrose, the 
Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melville, Sir John 
Beresford, Sir Thomas Bradford, and Colonel Stephen- 
son, examined the harbour of Leith, as to its fitness for 
his Majesty's debarkation. The Magistrates of Leith 
afterwards had an interview with these high characters, 
and submitted plans of the proposed arrangements. 

Leith now vied with Edinburgh itself in the magni- 
ficence of its preparations for the reception of his Majesty. 
A raft was placed on the south side of the inner harbour, 
from which a railed gangway ascended to the quay, where 
it was decided his Majesty should land. This machine, 
equally commodious and elegant, was covered with grey 
cloth, above which was a foot-cloth of deep crimson, and 
strongly secured to the quay, so as to prevent any 
greater motion than was necessary to maintain its buoy- 
ancy in the water. A wooden platform was also erected 
from the landing-place to the end of St Bernard's Street, 
where it was arranged his Majesty was to enter his car- 

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riage. That part of the platform, on which the King 
should first place his foot, on landing in Scotland, 
was a log of mahogany, which it is intended to con- 
vert into snuff-boxes. A magnificent triumphal arch 
was erected at the north end of St Bernard Street, 
and another in Constitution Street, in the line of the 
royal procession to the capital. Both were adorned with 
flowers and evergreens, and a variety of flags, among 
which the British jack was the most conspicuous. Above 
the first arch was a perfect Scottish crown, and under the 
crown were the royal sword and sceptre. On the face of 
the arch, upon the north side, were inscribed the words, 
" Scotland hails with joy the presence of her Sovereign ;" 
and on the other side appeared the royal initials formed 
of variegated lamps. The second arch was ornamented 
by an excellent representation of the Scottish crown, 
and hung with festoons of flowers. On one side appear- 
ed, in variegated lamps, the words, " O Felicem Diem ,•" 
and on the other, " O Happy Day." The evergreens 
which entwined around the shafts of the arch were in- 
termixed with sheafs of oats, the conception of which, 
and its effect, were equally felicitous. At a meeting 
of the Magistrates and the merchants of the place, it 
was agreed, that, on the occasion of the King's land- 
ing, the latter should appear in uniform similar to that 
prescribed by the Magistrates of Edinburgh, and line 
the streets in front of the Exchange. Directions at the 
same time were issued to the different corporations, to 
assemble on the day of the King's landing, each trade 
under its own deacon, and occupy certain stations along 
the line of the procession, each individual bearing a 
white rod as a badge of distinction. Seats were fitted up 
along the whole extent of the pier, sufficient to accommo- 
date two thousand spectators, and a scaffold erected 
upon the drawbridge for the accommodation of ladies 
and persons of quality. A proclamation was issued 
by the Magistrates of Leith, recommending a general 
illumination on the evening after the King's landing. 
In short, nothing was left undone by the Magistrates 
and inhabitants of Leith, that could contribute to the 
accommodation of his Majesty or the grandeur of the 



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anticipated spectacle ; and the completeness of their ar- 
rangements can be appreciated by those only who wit- 
nessed the admirable effect of them. 

The joyful enthusiasm, which pervaded Scotland at 
this time, was manifested in the different counties by 
meetings in all of them, of the Noblemen, Freeholders, 
Justices of Peace, and Commissioners of Supply, to ad- 
dress his Majesty on the occasion of his gracious visit. 
At every meeting the address proposed was unanimously 
agreed to. Of the royal burghs none was more conspi- 
cuous on the present occasion, for its loyalty than Glas- 
gow. An expectation had been entertained, there, that 
the King would extend his visit to that city ; but so soon 
as it was ascertained, by a letter from the Secretary of State 
to the Lord Provost, that his Majesty could not, in the 
course of this season, gratify their loyal wishes, the Town 
Council resolved, that a house should be provided in 
Edinburgh for the Lord Provost and Magistrates 
during his Majesty's stay in Scotland ; and, to enable 
them to support the dignity of their ancient and flou- 
rishing city, that a splendid carriage and six should be 
provided for the Lord Provost, having the city arms 
upon its pannels, with green hammercloth and liveries. 
They also voted a loyal and dutiful address to his 
Majesty, — an example which was speedily followed by 
the Town Councils of most of the royal burghs of Scot- 
land, and of the more considerable burghs of regality 
and barony. By the Town Councils of Aberdeen, Stirling, 
Dumfries, Cupar, Peebles, and other considerable burghs, 
deputations of those bodies, headed by their respective 
Provosts, were appointed to proceed to the metropolis, 
and there present to his Majesty the addresses agreed 
upon. By the Town Council of Stirling, a carriage and 
four, with the King's arms and liveries, was ordered for 
the deputation from that burgh. An equipage was also 
ordered to be fitted up for the deputation from the 
burgh of Perth, which claims the proud distinction of 
being the ancient capital of Caledonia, and, in point of 
precedence, is the second burgh in the kingdom. 

So active was the feeling of loyalty which now per- 
vaded all ranks of people, and so ardent the desire 



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to behold his Majesty, that, even in towns at a con- 
siderable distance, vehicles of every description were put 
in requisition for the conveyance of passengers to the 
metropolis. We cannot better describe the universal 
stir which prevailed, than by the following quotation 
from a Glasgow paper : — " Glasgow, as far as we can 
learn, will be almost deserted on the occasion — every 
vehicle of conveyance is fully employed, and engaged for 
coming days. Extra boats on the canal are insufficient 
for the number of passengers. Where the moving mass 
from all corners of the land are to stow themselves when 
in Edinburgh we know not. Many, we understand, are 
provided with, or are providing themselves with tents, 
and intend to bivouack in the fields. A very consider- 
able number of gentlemen from Ireland are passing 
through Glasgow, on their way to Edinburgh, to attend 
there during the joyous occasion." 

So soon as it was understood, that his Majesty had se- 
lected Dalkeith House as the place of his residence, the 
most active preparations commenced, with a view to ren- 
der that elegant mansion, and also the town of Dalkeith, 
worthy of the high distinction which was about to be con- 
ferred upon them. Dalkeith House was fitted up in a most 
magnificent and costly manner, and every improvement 
adopted which, it was conceived, might conduce, in the 
smallest degree, to the convenience or comfort of the 
Royal Visitor. It was subsequently visited by Lord Mon- 
tague, the uncle and one of the guardians of its noble 
proprietor, the young Duke of Buccleuch, and the Mar- 
quis of Lothian, who expressed their satisfaction with the 
whole arrangements. Two new carriage-roads (one of 
them communicating with Melville Castle, the seat of 
Lord Viscount Melville) were formed, for the ex- 
clusive accommodation of his Majesty; by which he 
had access to his residence without passing through 
the town of Dalkeith. At the entrance of each of 
these roads sentries were placed. Along the whole line 
of road appropriated to Ins Majesty, between Dalkeith 
House and Edinburgh, lamps were erected at intervals 
of forty yards. The most extraordinary bustle, mean- 
while, prevailed in the town of Dalkeith. Most of the 

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principal houses were newly cleaned and painted ; and a 
magnificent triumphal arch, surmounted by an elegant 
imperial crown, was erected at the chief entrance into the 
town from the north. The principal inns were so crowded 
with company, that the greatest difficulty was found by 
the inhabitants in providing accommodation for the ca- 
valry who were quartered upon them ; and private lodg- 
ings, for which there is generally little or no demand, were 
not to be obtained but at the most exorbitant prices. 
What added greatly to the gayety and bustle of the 
place, was the number of military stationed in it : these 
consisted of four troops of the gallant Scots Greys, and 
six companies of the 77th regiment of foot. 

A very extensive dairy was formed at Dalkeith by 
Mr Florance, purveyor to the King, for the service of 
his Majesty's table. Only the butter and cream, it was 
understood, were to be retained for that purpose, the 
whole of the milk and butter-milk being to be distributed 
amongst the poor of Dalkeith and its neighbourhood, by 
order of his Majesty. There was also a laundry form- 
ed for the use of his Majesty's household ; and, when 
the King arrived, there was to be a poor's pot estab- 
lished, from whence the poor of Dalkeith, &c. were to be 
served with good wholesome broth and a proportion of 
the broken victuals, as was the ancient custom of the 
noble family of Buccleuch, during the lifetime of many 
former Dukes. There was also to be a similar establishment 
at the Waterloo Hotel, whence all the broken meat, &c. 
were to be distributed amongst the poor prisoners, poor- 
house, &c. daily. All the house-servants that were in 
the employ of the late Duke of Buccleuch were engaged 
to serve his Majesty at Dalkeith Palace, and entered 
upon their respective duties. 

The Albyn Club, in the true spirit of Scottish hospi- 
tality, resolved to invite his Majesty's suite to the use of 
their splendid rooms in Prince's Street. It happened, 
however, that the whole of Waterloo Hotel had pre- 
viously been taken for the accommodation of the royal 
suite during his Majesty's stay in Scotland. Ten fat 
bucks were sent to Dalkeith House by the Honourable 
Mr Maule of Panmure for his Majesty's table and one 



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of extraordinary size from Buchanan House, the seat of 
the Duke of Montrose. 

As the period approached when his Majesty's arrival 
was expected, the appearance of Edinburgh became daily 
more animated. Strangers arrived from all quarters, and 
the rents of lodgings in favourable situations rose to an 
exorbitant height. For stabling, in particular, sums were 
paid that would appear incredible. It must be observed, 
however, that the most exaggerated reports were circulated 
in the country, as to the difficulty of procuring accommoda- 
tions, and of the prodigious rise that had taken place in the 
price of provisions, — reports which had the effect, it is 
believed, of deterring many from a visit to the metro- 
polis. The streets were thronged with strangers to a 
degree that is almost inconceivable. The inhabitants 
were dazzled and confounded, by the glare and number 
of strange equipages that rolled along, and the multi- 
tude of inquisitive countenances that crowded the pave- 
ment. The scene which the streets presented at this 
time was agreeably diversified, and its effect infinitely 
heightened, by the fine martial appearance of num- 
bers of Highlanders, " all plaided and plumed in their 
tartan array,' 1 and distinguished by the appropriate 
badges of their clans, who pressed forward, at the in- 
spiring call of loyalty and of their chieftains, to render 
homage to their Sovereign, and to participate in the na- 
tional triumph. Compared with the appearance of those 
hardy mountaineers, having man's native dignity impressed 
upon their countenances, and their every movement pro- 
claiming the spirit of haughty independence, all the glit- 
ter of wealth dwindled into insignificance in the eyes of 
the citizens, who surveyed their countrymen with feel- 
ings of honest pride, and the most lively interest. The 
Highland chieftains, in particular, were conspicuous 
objects amidst the moving multitude ; and the public 
exulted in perceiving those gallant gentlemen parading 
freely in the full and imposing costume of their fore- 
fathers, — to have appeared in which, not many years 
ago, would have demanded the fortitude of any of them. 
The public spirit of the Earl of Breadalbane, on this 
occasion, deserves particularly to be commemorated. 



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This worthy nobleman equipped, at his own expense, 
a numerous party of his tenantry, who marched in a 
body into the city, to the tune of " The Campbells are 
001™^," and proceeded to the palace of Holyroodhouse, 
where they were received by their lady, the Countess of 
Breadalbane.* 

The exertions of the public authorities kept pace with 
the enthusiasm of the public ; and every day some new 
object, the result of their activity, arrested public atten- 
tion. Twelve pieces of ordnance were placed on the 
summits of the Calton Hill, fronting the south, west, 
and north, and tents pitched for the artillerymen. Six 
pieces, with an encampment of gunners, were also placed 
on the part of Salisbury Crags immediately overlooking 
the palace of Holyrood. Subsequently, additional tents 
were erected on the verdant slope of the Crags ; and, at 
the same time, tents were spread over the whole surface 
of the Castle Hill fronting Prince's Street, in which the 
Breadalbane Highlanders established their quarters. 
To those, if such there were, who could not divine the 
cause of such preparations, the city now presented rather 
the appearance of a place occupied by a victorious ene- 
my, than of one which was about to receive and welcome 
its monarch ; while others, by what they observed, might 
have been reminded of the ancient weaponshaws, when 
the whole feudal array of the kingdom was congregated 
about the capital at the summons of the sovereign. 

About the same time, a number of workmen were 
busily employed in repairing the decayed walls upon 
the Bass rock, the ancient state prison of Scotland, on 
which were placed six large cannons, for the purpose 
of firing a royal salute to his Majesty as he entered the 
frith of Forth. A flag-staff, forty feet in height, was 
put upon the top of the rock, on which the royal 
standard was to be hoisted. It was expected that his Ma- 
jesty would land there, as his royal Highness Prince Leo- 
pold did during his visit to Scotland ; and, to make it more 



* There are certain apartments in the palace allotted to the Earls 
of Breadalbane. 



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convenient for his Majesty to take a view of the rock, a 
very broad stair was made on the south-east side of the 
island, which is the only place that it is possible to as- 
cend, it being inaccessible on all sides, excepting this. A 
battery was also ordered to be erected on Doon Hill, the 
seat of General Leslie's encampment, above Dunbar, 
for the purpose of saloting his Majesty in his progress 
up the frith. 

The most indefatigable exertions were made by pri- 
vate individuals, to erect scaffolding along the whole 
route of his Majesty's procession from Leith to Edin- 
burgh, for the accommodation of spectators. Within a 
very few days one of these immense erections was to be 
observed, on each side, at every short distance ; and, in 
many places, along a great extent, there was a continued 
range of them.* Windows in the High Street were also 
advertised to be let, on the occasion of his Majesty's pro- 
cession to the Castle, for which enormous prices were 
given. In one instance, no less than one hundred gui- 
neas were given for the windows of a single flat. 

It occurred very early to Mr Sheriff Duff, that it would 
be necessary to have some of the London police officers 
in Edinburgh during his Majesty's visit ; and, on sub- 
mitting the matter to the Police Board, it was suggested, 
that officers would be sent as a matter of course ; but, to 
leave nothing to chance, he was requested to make in- 
quiry as to the practice of the Secretary for the Home 
Department, by whom he was informed, that, besides 
Townshend, Sayer, and Vickery, who were always in at- 
tendance on his Majesty, it was intended to send a posse 
of officers to remain in Edinburgh during the visit. 

Three Edinburgh Gazettes Extraordinary were conse- 
cutively published, upon the 7th, 10th, and 14th of August, 
the first containing the " Ceremonial to be observed at the 
Public Entry of his most Excellent Majesty King George 



* It has been estimated by a professional gentleman, in whose 
opinion we have great confidence, that the mere rent paid for the 
wood employed in the scaffolding, erected by the public authorities 
and by private individuals, and the expense of fitting it up, will 
amount to at least £5000 Sterling. 



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the Fourth into the City of Edinburgh," as submitted 
by the interim Lyon Depute and the Usher of the White 
Rod to the Officers of State, and formally approved of 
by four of them, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Clerk 
Register, the Lord Advocate, and the Lord Justice 
Clerk ; — the others announcing certain alterations which 
had been made in the ceremonial as originally published. 

On the 9th of August a proclamation was issued from 
the Council Chamber, announcing the mode in which 
the different public bodies, corporations, and classes, who 
had stations assigned to them, would be arranged on the 
occasion of his Majesty's procession to the Castle. 

On the 12th of August the following proclamations 
were published : 

Board of Green Cloth, \%ih August, 1822. 
By His Majesty's Command. — Notice is hereby 
given, that all persons coming to Holyroodhouse, on 
the day of his Majesty's entry, and who are not in the 
procession, will proceed through the Canongate into the 
Palace Yard, by the south side of the Palace, and will 
enter the court on the east side of the entre door, and 
their carriages will wait behind the Palace chapel till call- 
ed up, Charles Bentinck, 

Treasurer of the Household. 

Board of Green Cloth, \Wi August, 1822. 

Br His Majesty's Command. — Notice is hereby 
given, that when his Majesty shall be pleased to hold a 
levee or drawing-room, all carriages proceeding to Holy- 
roodhouse are to fall into the line in Waterloo Place, 
and come along the New Road, set down at the principal 
door of the palace ; and, after setting down, they are to 
proceed by the south side of the palace into the King's 
Park, and keep on the north side of the King's private 
road, and there remain till called for, and take up at the 
same door they set down, and drive away through the 
Canongate. 

Chairs will come through the Canongate, and set down 
at the principal door, and remain by the north wall of 
the Palace yard. 



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Those persons having the entre will pass down the 
Canongate, turn to the right on entering the Palace yard 
by the south side of the Palace, will enter the court on 
the east side of the Palace, and will wait behind the Pa- 
lace chapel. No person can pass along this route without 
an entre-ticket. Due notice will be given on what day 
persons entitled to the entre may receive their tickets. 

Charles Bentinck, 
Treasurer of the Household. 

On the 10th of August, when it \Yas considered pos- 
sible that his Majesty might arrive, and on the following 
days, crowds of well-dressed people were seen on the 
Calton-Hill, collected at the most favourable points of 
observation, straining their eyeballs, as if they would 
have their vision to penetrate beyond the verge of the 
horizon, to catch the earliest glimpse of the royal squa- 
dron ; and along the eastern declivity of the hill might 
be observed solitary individuals, with glasses turned to- 
wards the distant Bass, appearing like the advanced posts 
of general curiosity. The places of public resort, where 
intelligence could be collected, were nightly thronged to 
excess upon the arrival of the London mail ; and every 
minute circumstance was patiently scanned, which, by 
possibility, could account for the delay of the royal squa- 
dron. As day after day elapsed, hope, fear, and an- 
xiety began to distract the public mind ; and strangers 
could only defend themselves against the sickening feel- 
ing of hope postponed, by recurring to a view of the 
magnificent preparations, which gave an assurance that 
the event they so ardently longed for could not be dis- 
tant. 

It was a topic of self-congratulation with the citizens 
of Edinburgh, that, at this important period, they had a 
chief magistrate who was so eminently qualified by high 
character, by the urbanity of his manner, and by his liberal 
and gentlemanly feeling, to support the dignity of the 
city, and to discharge with effect the delicate and arduous 
duties of his high office. Nor were the public insensible 
of the meritorious conduct of the magistracy generally. 
It may be truly said, that the desire which they evinced 






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to accommodate their measures to the wishes of their fel- 
low citizens, was subordinate only to that of preparing a 
suitable reception for his Majesty. But, fortunately, 
these two objects perfectly corresponded; for all felt 
alike, that on this occasion Edinburgh was the represen- 
tative of Scotland, and the depository of its honour ; and 
all were equally determined that the sacred trust should 
be nobly discharged. 

The impatience of the public was in some degree re- 
lieved by an imposing ceremony that took place on 
Monday, the 12th of August. It had been determined, 
that the regalia of Scotland,* which were kept in the 

* By one of the articles of the Treaty of Union, the Scottish re- 
galia are to be for ever kept, as they were then kept, in Scotland. 
Some account of them at the present time may not be unaccept- 
able. They consist of the crown, sceptre, and sword of state, 
and were placed in the Castle on the 26th of March, ] 707. For a 
long time they were thought to have been purloined, being no 
where to be found, till the Commissioners appointed by his present 
Majesty, then Prince Regent, discovered them on the 5th of Fe- 
bruary 1818, in a large oak chest in the crown-room. Besides the 
crown, sceptre, and sword of state, which are of elegant workman- 
ship, and in perfect preservation, a silver rod of office was also 
found, said to be that of the Lord Treasurer. The crown is of 
pure gold, and has a broad band, which goes round the head, adorn- 
ed with twenty-two precious stones, between each of which is a 
large oriental pearl. Above the great circle is a smaller one, front- 
ed with twenty points, having diamonds and imitation sapphires 
disposed in them alternately. The points are all decorated with 
pearls at the top. The upper circle is raised into ten crosses-floree, 
each having in the centre a large diamond between four pearls, 
placed in cross saltire, and these crosses-floree are intermingled with 
the fleurs-de-lis, which surmount the points of the second small 
circle. From the upper circle rise four arches, adorned with ena- 
melled figures, which meet and close at the top, surmounted with 
a globe and cross-patee. In the centre of the cross-patee is an ame- 
thyst, which points the front of the crown ; and behind, on the 
ether side, is a large pearl. Below the pearl are the initials J. R. V. 
The crown is nine inches in diameter, and in height six inches from 
the under circle to the top of the cross. It is turned up with er- 
mine ; and the cap, which was formerly of purple velvet, was chang- 
ed to crimson in 1685. The precious stones in the crown consist 
of diamonds, jacinths, oriental pearls, garnets, chrysophrases, and 
amethysts. The emeralds are doublets, and the sapphires are imi- 
tations in enamel. The sceptre is silver double gilt ; it is two feet 
long, of a hexagonal form, and divided by three buttons or knobs. 



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crown-room of the Castle, should be removed to Holy- 
rood House, in order to their being carried before his 
Majesty when he proceeded in state to the Castle. Ac- 
cordingly, soon after nine o'clock in the morning, the 
Celtic Society and Clan-Gregor began to assemble on the 
Earthen Mound, where the Duke of Hamilton, the Knight 
Marischal, the Lord Provost, and Sir Walter Scott, in 
their carriages, having joined, the whole proceeded to 
the Castle, escorted by the Edinburgh troop of Mid-Lo- 
thian Yeomanry. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Rollo, the 
Honourable General Leslie Gumming, and M'Leod of 
M'Leod, were at first in one carriage, and all clothed in 
the full Highland garb, as members of the Celtic Society. 

The front guard having reached the Castle, the gates 
of which had been shut, the herald sounded his trumpet, 
to proclaim the presence of the Knight Marischal. 

Officer of the guard (from within.) — Who's there? 

Herald. — The King's Knight Marischal comes to re- 
ceive the regalia, which are deposited within your castle, 
and he demands admission in the name of the King. 



Between the first and second button is the handle ; from the second 
to the capital, three sides are engraved ; the other three are plain. 
Upon the top of the stock is an antique capital of embossed leaves ; 
upon the abacus of which are several figures of Saints. Under these 
figures are the initials J. R. V. The sceptre is surmounted by a 
crystal globe, two inches and a quarter in diameter, and surmount- 
ed with a large oriental pearl. The whole length of the sceptre is 
thirty-four inches. The sword of state is five feet long, and of ele- 
gant workmanship. The handle and pommel are silver gilt, and 
fifteen inches in length ; the traverse or cross, seventeen inches and 
a half. On the blade is indented, in gold letters, Julius II. P., and 
it was a present from the Pope to James the Fourth. The scabbard 
is of crimson velvet, and richly ornamented. The Lord Treasurer's 
rod of office is silver gilt, curiously worked ; and the old oak chest 
itself, in which the whole were contained for so many years, is an 
object worthy of attention. The crown-room is neatly fitted up for 
the exhibition of these venerable relics. They are placed on a 
table, in the centre of an oval space, enclosed by an iron railing, and 
the crown stands on the original square cushion of crimson velvet 
found along with it. The room is lighted by four lamps, and hung 
with crimson. Two persons, attired as wardens, are always in at- 
tendance to show the regalia. 



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Officer (within). — Throw open the gates, and make 
way for the King^s Knight MarischaL 

The gates having been thrown open, the Knight Ma- 
rischal and the other official personages alighted from 
their carriages, and proceeded in the same order, which 
had been previously observed, to the Castle, and obtain- 
ed admission for themselves and six of their retainers, — 
the esquires who were to carry the regalia. 

After remaining within the Castle walls nearly an hour, 
the Knight Marischal and his attendants returned from 
the Castle, preceded by the fine band of the 77th regi- 
ment playing God save the King. The official person- 
ages proceeded to their several carriages. The esquires, 
who were surrounded by beautiful banners of white and 
blue silk, exhibiting the St Andrew's cross, supported 
the crown and other regalia, on a crimson velvet cushion, 
until they arrived at the carriage of the Knight Maris- 
chal, who had by that time retaken his seat, and who 
had received from them the precious relics of Scottish 
royalty. — They afterwards preserved their station on 
either side of the carriage, and were immediately follow- 
ed by a band of Highland pipers, playing a national 
air. The whole procession then moved forward, on its 
return, in the same order which it had observed on its 
progress to the Castle; but it pursued a different route, 
for the purpose of gratifying a fresh assemblage of 
spectators. It proceeded down the Castle-hill, and 
High-street, as far as Bank-street, where it turned off, 
and crossed the Mound; and then, advancing along 
Prince'' s-street, up Waterloo-place, it proceeded on the 
Calton-road, down the Abbey-hill to Holyrood Palace. 
The arrangement of the procession was as follows : — 



h a> 



a 



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Advanced Guard of Yeomanry. 
Trumpeter, 
Squadron of Yeomanry. 
Guard of Celts — General Graham Stirling. ^ 
Coach and four — Duke of Hamilton, Here- js" S 
O ditary Keeper of the Palace %* £■* 

I «m of Holyrood House. jjj' £ 

J> ^ Chariot and four — Two Marischal Esquires. {J; 
^ £ Coach and four — Two Marischal Esquires. ^ g* 
J J Coach, Sir Walter Scott. % * 

r§ Coach and Six — Sir Alexander Keith, ^ J? 

^ a Knight-Marischal, and Captain Ferguson, 8* | 
p^ -g Depute-Keeper, O g 

jg J with the £h3 

^ Regalia of Scotland. 

Guard of Celts — Colonel David Stewart. 

Clan Gregor — Sir Evan M'Gregor, Bart. 

Squadron of Yeomanry. 

Upon setting down at the Palace a procession was 
formed, the regalia being carried by the Marischal 
Esquires, and the Knight Marischal bearing his baton, 
and passing between the guard of honour and inner line 
of Celts, were received by the Usher of the White Rod 
and the other officers of the Palace, and conducted to the 
room appropriated for their reception, where the articles 
composing the regalia were delivered over by minute to 
the Knight Marischal ; and the Celtic and other guards 
being posted, the room was locked, and the other officers 
retired. 

Twelve gentlemen of the Celtic Society were left as a 
guard over the regalia, who were relieved at seven o'clock 
the following morning by twelve others, who continued on 
duty till Wednesday morning at seven o'clock; and so on 
till the regalia should be restored to the Castle. In the 
progress from the Castle to the Palace, the Knight Ma- 
rischal in the carriage bearing the regalia, at short inter- 
vals, raised them up so as to be seen by the populace, who 
rent the air with shouts and cheers almost without inter- 
mission. Though not generally known that these ancient 
relics were to be removed, the streets, windows, and 



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many of the scaffolds, were thronged with people ; and 
the side of the Calton Hill, overlooking the new road, 
was crowded with ladies and gentlemen to witness the 
procession. The Highlanders were all excellently well 
equipped, and marched home to the inspiring notes of 
the pipe, in columns, with as much steadiness and order 
as if they had been veterans in the military art. 

Thus closed a ceremony, which reminded the specta- 
tor of Scotland's proudest days. But it is our duty to 
record a tragical accident that occurred just after the 
arrival of the procession. A military guard had been 
placed over the scaffolding erecting on the parade ground 
of the Castle Hill, to prevent interruption to the work- 
men, which was called in on the arrival of the procession. 
Immense numbers of people got on these scaffolds, not- 
withstanding the efforts of the workmen and some police- 
officers ; and, the diagonals not having been placed, the 
consequence was, that the frame-work of the scaffold on 
the north side of the hill leaned to its descent, and in a 
moment the whole was prostrate. A number of persons, 
chiefly young people, were dreadfully hurt. Ten were 
carried to the military hospital in the garrison, some to 
the Royal Infirmary, and others, who were not severely 
injured, and able to tell their places of abode, were car- 
ried home. Two persons were carried off the ground 
dead. A lady was much hurt, and many bruises and 
fractures occurred, of which, as the patients were above 
the rank in life to which, under such circumstances, a 
public hospital would be considered eligible, we could 
receive no authentic information. The following is the 
Infirmary report: — One boy, a compound fracture of the 
leg; two boys, the thigh-bone or hip injured; another 
boy, a dangerous fracture of the skull; a man, a severe 
contusion on the ribs. 

In consequence of this occurrence, so deeply to be la- 
mented, the Trades Members of the Dean of Guild 
Court, with the assistance of other professional persons, 
commenced a survey of the whole scaffolds that had been 
erected, only two of which were condemned, the others 
having been found to be perfectly secure. 

We cannot omit to notice the many beautiful medals 
that were struck in gold, silver, and the baser metals, 



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commemorative of his Majesty's gracious visit; and 
which, with the St Andrew's cross, thistles, and sprigs 
of heath, were worn in great profusion. Though the 
whole of these was highly creditable to the state of the 
fine arts in this city, we can only allow ourselves to de- 
scribe a few of the more remarkable of them. On one, 
upon the obverse, is a spirited and highly-finished like- 
ness of the King ; and upon the reverse is the Genius 
of Scotland presenting the Scottish crown to her Sove- 
reign; behind Scotia is the Castle of Edinburgh, and 
behind the King the Palace of Holyroodhouse, with 
the rose and thistle entwined. On another appears, upon 
the obverse, an admirable likeness of his Majesty en- 
circled by a wreath of thistles ; and on the reverse 
the Palace of Holyroodhouse. On the obverse of an- 
other is the likeness of the King, and on the reverse 
is Scotland welcoming his Majesty, who stands in front 
of the palace ; and behind Scotland appear two High- 
landers shouting with joy, the one bearing the St An- 
drew's cross, the other the ancient banner of Scotland. 



The muse of Caledonia, ever enthusiastic, ever watchful 
of the national glory, inspired her votaries on the present 
occasion with strains expressive of the most wild and ani- 
mated joy. Much of the poetry made public, besides 
the real excellence of some of it, deserves to be recorded 
as exemplifying the national feeling. 

CARLE, NOW THE KING'S COME ! 

BY SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. 

Being new Words to an auld Spring. 

The news has flown frae mouth to mouth, 
The North for ance has bang'd the South ; 
The de'il a Scotsman's die o' drouth, 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

CHORUS. 

Carle, now the King's come ! 
Carle, now the King's come ! 
Thou shalt dance, and I will sing, 
Carle, now the King's come ! 



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Auld England held him lang and fast ; 
And Ireland had a joyfu' cast ; 
But Scotland's turn is come at last- 
Carle, now the King's come : 

Auld Reekie, in her rokelay grey, 
Thought never to have seen the day ; 
He's been a weary time away — 

But, Carle, now the King's come ! 

She's skirling frae the Castle Hill ; 
The Carline's voice is grown sae shrill, 
Ye'll hear her at the Canon Mill, 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Up, bairns !" she cries, « baith great and sma', 
And busk ye for the weapon-shaw ! — 
Stand by me, and we'll bang them a', 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come from Newbattle's* ancient spires, 
Bauld Lothian, with your knights and squires, 
And match the mettle of your sires ! 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

■* You're welcome hame, my Montague !t 
Bring in your hand the young Buccleuch ; — 
I'm missing some that I may rue, 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come, Haddington, the kind and gay, 
You've graced my causeway mony a day ; 
I'll weep the cause if you should stay, 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come, premier Duke,J and carry doun 
Frae yonder craig|| his ancient croun ; 
It's had a lang sleep and a soun'— 

But, Carle, now the King's come ! 



Seat of the Marquis of Lothian. f Uncle to the Duke of Buccleuch. 

X Hamilton. || The Castle. 

D 



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" Come, Athole, from the hill and wood, 
Bring down your clansmen like a cloud ;— m 
Come, Morton, shew the Douglas' blood,— 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come, Tweeddale, true as sword to sheath ; 
Come, Hopetoun, fear'd on fields of death ; 
Come, Clerk,* and give your bugle breath ; 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come, Weymss, who modest merit aids ; 
Come, Rosebery, from Dalmeny shades ; 
Breadalbane, bring your belted plaids ; 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Come, stately Niddrie, auld and true, 
Girt with the sword that Minden knew ; 
We have o'er few such lairds as you— 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

" King Arthur's grown a common crier,. 
He's heard in Fife and far Cantire.— • 
c Fie, lads, behold my crest of fire !' 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

" Saint Abb roars out, ' I see him pass, 
Between Tantallon and the Bass f — 
Calton, get out your keeking-glass, 

Carle, now the King's come V* 

The Carline stopp'd ; and, sure I am, 
For very glee had ta'en a dwam, 
But Omant help'd her to a dram.— 

Cogie, now the King's come I 

Cogie, now the King's come ! 
Cogie, now the King's come ! 
I'se be fou', and ye's be toom, 

Cogie, now the King's come ! 

• Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik. The Baron of Pennycuik is bound by 
his tenure, whenever the King comes to Edinburgh, to receive him at the 
Harestone (in which the standard of James IV. was erected when his army 
encamped on the Boroughmuir, before his fatal expedition to England), now 
built into the park-wall at the end of Tipperlin Lone, near the Boroughmuir- 
head ; and, standing thereon, to give three blasts on a horn. 
f Mr Oman, landlord of the Waterloo Hotel. 









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PART SECOND. 

She loomed her quaigh of mountain dew, 
It raised her heart the higher too, 
Because it came from Waterloo- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Again I heard her summons swell, 
For, sic a dirdum and a yell, 
It drown'd Saint Giles's jowing bell — ',* 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

My trusty Provost, tried and tight, 
Stand forward for the Good Town's right, 
There's waur than you been made a knight- 
Carle, now the King's come 1 

My reverend Clergy, see ye say 
The best of thanksgiving ye ha'e, 
And warstle for a sunny day — 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

My Doctors, look that you agree, 
Cure a' the town without a fee ; 
My Lawyers, dinna pike a plea- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Come forth each sturdy Burgher's bairn, 
That dints on wood or clanks on aim, 
That fires the o'en, or winds the pirn- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Come forward with the Blanket Blue,* 
Your sires were loyal men and true, 
As Scotland's foemen oft might rue — 
Carle, now the King's come ! 



* The Blue Blanket is the standard of the incorporated trades of Edin- 
burgh, and is kept by their convener, " at whose appearance therewith," ob- 
serves Maitland, " 'tis said, that not only the artificers of Edinburgh are 
** obliged to repair to it, but all the artificers or craftsmen within Scotland 
" are bound to follow it, and fight under the convener of Edinburgh, as 
•' aforesaid." According to an old tradition, this standard was used in the 
Holy Wars by a body of crusading citizens of Edinburgh, and was the first 



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Scots downa loup, and rin and rave, 
We're steady folks, and something grave, 
We'll keep the causeway firm and brave- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Sir Thomas thunder from your rock,* 
Till Pentland dinles wi' the shock, 
I'll hae a braw new snood o' smoke- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Melville, bring out your bands of blue, 
A* Louden lads, baith stout and true, 
With Elcho, Hope, and Cockburn too— 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

And you who, on yon bluidy braes, 
Compell'd the vanquish'd foeman's praise, 
Rank out — rank out — my gallant Greys- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Cock of the North, my Huntly bra', 
Where are you with my Forty-twa ? 
Ah ! waes my heart that ye're awa'— 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

But yonder come my canty Celts, 
With durk and pistol at their belts, 
Thank God, we've still some plaids and kilts- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Come, cock your cap each Archer spark, 
For you're to guard him light and dark ; 
Faith, lads, I trow ye've hit the mark — 
Carle, now the King's come ! 



that was planted on the walls of Jerusalem, when that city was stormed by 
the Christian army under the famous Godfrey. But the real history of it 
seems to be this : — James III., a prince who had virtues, which the rude age 
in which he lived could not appreciate, having been detained for nine months 
in the castle of Edinburgh by his factious nobles, was relieved by the citizens 
of Edinburgh, who assaulted the castle, and took it by surprise ; on which oc- 
casion, James presented the citizens with this banner, " with a power to dis- 
" play the same in defence of their King, country, and their own rights." 
• The Castle. 



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Young Errol, take the sword of state, 
The sceptre Paviemorarchate ; 
Knight Mareschals, see ye clear the gate- 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

Kind Cummer, Leith, ye've been mis-set, 
But dinna be upon the fret— 
Ye'se hae the handsel of him yet, 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

My daughters, come with een sae blue, 
Your garlands weave, your wild-flowers strew ; 
He ne'er saw fairer flowers than you— . 
Carle, now the King's come ! 

What shall we do for the propine— 
We used to offer something fine, 
But de'il a groat's in pouch of mine — 
Carle, now the King's come I 

De'il care— for that I'se never start, 
We'll welcome him with Highland heart ; 
Whate'er we have he's get a part — 

Carle, now the King's come ! 

I'll show him mason-work this day— 
Nane of your bricks of Babel clay, 
But towers shall stand till Time's away— 
Carle, now the King's come .' 

And here's Sir John,* of projects rife, 
Will win the thanks of an auld wife, 
And bring her health and length of life,— 
Carle, now the King's come ! 



* Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bart. 



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GEORGE THE FOURTH, AND A' THAT. 

TUNE — " Whistle o'er tJie lave oftJ* 

By John Mayne, Esq.* 

King George the Fourth is coming down 
To see his friends in Embro town, 
To hold his court, and wear the crown 

O' Scotland's kings, and a' that. 
And a' the chieftains o' the North, 
Lords, leddies, lairds, and men of worth, 
Are flocking to the frith o' Forth, 

To welcome him, and a' that. 

Days ere the King had reached the land, 

A happy people, hand in hand, 

Were ranged for miles alang the strand, 

Expecting him, and a' that ! 
For though our Liege has kingdoms three, 
And mony an island in the sea, 
Auld Scotland strives to bear the gree 

For loyalty, and a' that. 

At length, amid ten thousand cheers, 
Behold, the royal barge appears ! 
And hither, as the squadron steers, 

Wi' gilded flags, and a' that, 
The joy-bells ring, the trumpets sound ; 
And, ere he sets his foot on ground, 
" God save the King" is sung around, 

Wi' tears of joy, and a' that. 

Oh ! many a dowie day has been 
Since Scotland saw a king or queen ! 
Empires and states, and thrones, I ween, 

Ha'e been o'erturned since a' that. 
Yet Scotland, without crack or flaw, 
Stands fast and firm, and ne'er shall fa', 
While virtue, amang grit and sma/ 

Adorns her bairns, and a' that. 



• Besides a number of beautiful songs, Mr Mayne is the author of M The 
Siller Gun," a poem which is highly praised in the notes to " The Lady of 
the Lake." 



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Then, cock your bonnets, ilka blade, 
And, lords and leddies, man and maid; 
Let rites and honours due be paid 

To Royalty, and a* that. 
Though Kings and Queens of high renonvv, 
Hae flourish'd aft in Embro town, 
A better never wore the crown, 

Than George the Fourth, for a' that. 

But, oh ! while guns and cannons roar, 
And plaudits welcome him on shore, 
The heart is wounded to the core, 

That we must part, for a' that. 
Yet fill your goblets till they foam ; 
And when the King's disposed to roam, 
He'll look on Scotland as his home, 

And come again, and a' that. 



GEORGE THE FOURTH'S WELCOME. 

Tune — u Whistle o'er the lave o7." 

Hark ! the pibroch's martial strain 
Ca's the clans to Lothian's plain : 
Scotland's got her King again ; 

Welcome, Royal Geordie ! 

Blaw, ye breezes ! fav'ring blaw 
Round North Berwick's lofty Law, 
Gently on the squadron fa', 

That brings us Royal Geordie ! 

Geordie leaves his proud domains, 
For our Northern mountain scenes ; 
He comes to see our nymphs and swains, 
Courteous Royal Geordie. 

And, O ! among our mountains blue, 
Are loyal chiefs, to valour true, 
And beauteous nymphs, may wind a clue 
Around the heart o' Geordie. 



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Welcome to green Albyn's shore 
As the gallant Bruce of yore ; 
He the lion rampant bore, 

And sae does Royal Geordie ! * 

Holyrood again looks gay, 
Martialfiles, in bright array, 
Glitter in the gouden ray, 

To welcome Royal Geordie. 

On tower and hill the banners fly, 
Ten thousand hands are waving high, 
While thund'ring plaudits shake the sky, 
Welcoming Royal Geordie. 

Let the wine-cup circle round, 
Let the trumpet's flourish sound, 
While our ships and forts resound 
A blithe salute to Geordie ! 



KING GEORGE THE FOURTH'S COMIN'. 

Tune.—" The Campbells are comin\" 

The first verse is to the low part of the Tune, and is meant as a Chorus 
after every verse of the Song. 

We'll cock our blue bonnets, aha, aha, 
Our Scottish blue bonnets, aha, aha ; 

We'll busk on our tartans — the gatherin' blaw 

King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza ! 

His Majesty's comin', huzza, huzza, 
Wellington's comin' an' a' ; 
'Midst the leal an' the noble to visit us a', 
King George the Fourth's comin' hurra, hurra » 
We'll cock, &c. 

Roll smooth river Forth thro' each channel an' bay 
Nor dare to lift billow or jaw ; 
The Conqueror of Navies will ride on your stream, 
King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza .' 
We'll cock, &c. 






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Auld Scotia, smile o'er your mountains sae green, 
Edina, look crously an' braw, 
High lift up your portals, far-famed Holyrood, 
That our ain King may enter, hurra, hurra ! 
We'll cock, &c. 

Be joyful, ye halls where our Scottish courts shone, 
In the blaze o' the brave an' the braw ; 
Ye'll be graced ance again, for most graceful is he, 
Royal George that is comin', huzza, huzza ! 
We'll cock, &c. 

Castle towers, look ye proudly o'er country an' town, 
Bristle forth now your cannons an' a' ; 
The Lion again shall wave high on your keep, 
King George the Fourth's comin', hurra, hurra ! 
We'll cock, &c. 

Let the heart of each Scot in his bosom beat high, 
We're a' true to the King an' the law ; 
We've aften fought for him, an' will do so again, 
For our ain King that's comin', huzza, huzza ! 
We'll cock, &c. 

The whisky shall flow in a stream to his health, 
We'll bumper it roun' till we fa' ; 
Our bonnets, with shouts, we'll toss high in the air, 
For our ain George that's comin', hurra, hurra ! 

chorus: 
We'll cock our blue bonnets, aha, aha, 
Our Scottish blue bonnets, aha, aha ; 
We'll busk on our tartans — the gatherin* blaw— 
King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza ! 



SONG. 

Carle, when the King comes, 
Carle, when the King comes, 
Gladly shall Dun-Edin ring, 
Carle, when the King comes I 



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For all the mighty of the land, 
Kind of heart, and stout of hand, 
Around the throne shall glittering stand, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 

Carle, when the King comes, &c. 

And squire, and knight, and belted peer, 
Lowland chief, and mountaineer, 
The best, the bravest, shall be here, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 
Carle, &c. 

And brighter than the gems they wear, 
Strewed star-like in their night-dark hair, 
Shall shine the eyes of ladies fair, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 
Carle, &c. 

The loveliest of the lovely flowers, 
That bloom in Scotland's birken bowers, 
Shall smile him welcome to our towers, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 
Carle, &c. 

And many a lip and look shall bless, 
And joyful tears and shouts express, 
Scotland's children's happiness, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 
Carle, &c. 

While hautboys, flute, and merry bell, 
The gladdening shout of myriads swell, 
Our cannon, thunder- tongued, shall tell, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 

Carle, when the King comes, 
Carle, when the King comes, 
Cannon, thunder-tongued, shall tell, 
Carle, when the King comes ! 



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SONG. 

Tune—" Auld Langsyne.'' 1 

Auld Scotland's got her King again, 

And Embro's causeways shine, 
Wi' lords and ladies in his train, 
As they did langsyne. 

Like auld langsyne, my bairns, 

Like auld langsyne, 
She's mourn'd his absence mony a day* 
Since auld langsyne. 

A hearty welcome to our land ! 
Great Prince o' Scottish line, 
Wi' you we'll fa'— wi' you we'll stand, 
Like Scotsmen langsyne. 

Like auld langsyne, my bairns, 

Like auld langsyne, 
" Let Whig and Tory all agree," 
And think o' langsyne. 

When bonny Mary touch'd our shore, 

Our sires the beach did line, 
And her hard fate we still deplore, 
As they did langsyne. 

Since auld langsyne, my bairns, 

Since auld langsyne, 
Auld Scotland's warstled up the brae, 
Since auld langsyne. 

When Jamie left auld Holyrood 

Our fathers did repine ; 
She's had a lonely widowhood 
Since auld langsyne. 

Since auld langsyne, my bairns, 

Since auld langsyne, 
Auld Scotland has stood mony a brush 
Since auld langsyne. 

Come, Arthur, raise your lighted crest, 

Make a' the Loudons shine, 
And tell we've got a Royal guest, 
As we had langsyne, 

As we had langsyne, my bairns, 

As we had langsyne ; 
The " Gudc King Robert" wore our crown 
In days o' langsyne. 



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SONG. 

Tune—" Johnny Cope." 

Scotsmen, toss your bonnets on high ; 
Shout, " Welcome/' till it rend the sky ; 
Let the sea and the earth return the cry 
Of " Welcome, welcome," this morning. 

CHORUS. 

For Geordie's come to the north at last, 
Mid the cannon's roar, and the trumpet's blast ; 
We'll twine him round our hearts right fast, 
For the honour he's done us this morning. 

Edina, pride of our native north, 
Whose walls look so boldly o'er our Forth, 
Marshal your sons of talent and worth, 
To meet our King in the morning. 
For Geordie's, &c. 

Donald, sound loud your pipe on the gale, 
And rouse each valiant son of Gael ; 
Thunder the pibroch o'er hill and dale, 
To gather the clans in the morning. 
For Geordie's, &c. 

Now over the turrets of famed Holyrood, 
The Royal banner shall float so proud ; 
And with bagpipe, and trumpet, and welcomes loud, 
We'll waken our King each morning. 
For Geordie's, &c. 



HIGHLAND CHIEFTAINS' WELCOME. 

Welcome, ye Chiefs, from the land of the mountain, 
Whose heather was never yet press'd by a slave, 

From the land of the clear loch, the crystalline fountain, 
The birth-place of beauty, the home of the brave. 

You have left the blue hills, where, in midst of true grandeur, 

The deer of the desert in majesty rove, 
To welcome, surrounded by true Scottish splendour, 

In halls of Edina, the Prince whom you love. 



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From thy margin, Lochfine, whose white billows carry 
The fleet, bearing rich food to many a shore ; 

From the turreted mansion of dark Inverary, 

Steps forth her high Chieftain, famed MacCailean Mor.* 

And Huntly, at once the delight and the glory, 
The boast and the pride of the clans of the nortn ; 

Renowned, not more in the warrior's story, 

Than in home's happy circle, for true manly worth. 

The Chief of M'Donnel at home cannot tarry, 

For loyalty's ardour his brave bosom fills ; 
He descends in his pride from the wilds of Glengary, 

With spirit as bold as the storms on his hills. 

But why need I name all the Chiefs of the heather, 
Each son of old Albyn, each bright northern beam ? 

These brave sons of loyalty linked together, 

Will rush to the throne like a swift mountain stream. 

When round our loved Monarch the tartans are waving, 
And the Nobles and Chiefs stand in dazzling array ; 

While the piobrachd its wild stormy measure is raving, 
'Twill recall the proud times that have long pass'd away. 



A VOICE FROM THE HIGHLANDS. 

The peak of yon mountain is shining in light, 
Like the beacon which summoud our fathers to fight ; 
Each chief from the Highlands has followed the blaze, 
At the call of his Monarch his standard to raise. 

The sleep of the heathcock is peaceful and still, 
For the pibroch has summoned the Sons of the Hill ; 
We have left the red deer to be lord of the glen, 
And by tens and by fifties have mustered our men. 



• The Duke of Argyle. 
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Yet the dirk and broadsword may serve but to show, 
That to welcome a foeman we had not been slow ! 
We haste where yon vessel approaches the land, 
But it is not for battle we press to the strand. 

Our Chieftains they crowd round the greatest of all, 
The first in the field, and the first in the hall ; 
To so mighty a Master 'tis given to few, 
So fair and so willing a homage to do. 

No Master but he, for his frown or his smiles, 
Could call from the mountain the Lord of the Isles, 
To him, and no other, in duty would bow, 
The plume of the eagle on Sutherland's brow. 

For him, and no other, Glengary would stay 

So far from the stag and the rifle away : 

They are few to whom Campbell or Gordon would yield 

Unbidden precedence in hall or in field. 

When he musters his kinsmen, the best shall not fail 
His standard to bow, and his bonnet to veil. 
From a long line of Chiefs his dominion began ; 
His vassals a host, and a people his clan. 

Then round me that pibroch, the shrillest and best, 
Which woke in Arroyos the French from their rest ; 
Then loud be your shout, as on Maida it rose 
O'er the clash of your claymores, your bayonets close. 

Though calm of demeanour, our spirits can glow 
At the smile of a friend, or the scowl of a foe ; 
When his vessel approaches yon mountain shall ring- 
With the shout which we raise for our Chieftain and King. 



STANZAS FOR THE KING'S LANDING. 

The eagle screams upon Benmore, 

The wild-deer bounds on Cheviot fell ; 
Step boldly, King, on Albyn's shore ; 

Son of her Lords, she greets thee well. 
The voice that hath been silent long-, 

Awakes to harbinger thy path ; 
Once more she weaves th' ancestral song, 

Once more 'tis " Righ gu Braih." 



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From grey Dun-Edin's castle crest, 

Float, float, thou Royal Banner wide ; 
Gleam, gleam more radiant than the rest, 

Dear emblem of old Albyn's pride ! 
Glow, ruddy lion, as of yore 

It was thy wont, on fields of wrath, 
To brighten 'midst the kindling roar 

Of Canmore's " Righ gu Brath" 

Beam, beam, as when our hero's cry 

Dissolved thy slumber of despair, 
And raised thee, sunlike, from our sky 

The cloud of slavery to scare : 
Ay — as from out the dark Torwood 

The stranger saw thy blazon shine, 
When Wallace steep'd the folds in blood, 

And flung them from the pine. 

High sign ! as when the coming galley 

Of Bruce display'd thee o'er the prow, 
And on indignant hill and valley 

Roused Carrick spear and Arran bow. 
Beam now,— or as, when calm and stern, 

He fix'd thee in yon sacred stone, 
Unslung the mace for Bannockburn, 

And bade the trump be blown. 

No ! sacred symbol, float as free, 

As bright be thy majestic glance,—- 
But gentle all thy splendour be ; 

No terror tinge the cognizance. 
Beam softly, star of chivalry, 

As when proud Windsor's exile came 
To bless, on Scottish tower and tree, 

The welcome of thy flame. 

Or beam (but bar each worser omen) 

As when the lilied bark drew nigh, 
And courteous knights and stalwart yeomen 

Knelt here — even here-— 'neath Mary's eye. 
The feudal rage, the zealot gloom, 

That quench'd the day of that fair morn, 
Lie chain'd together in the tomb 

Of unrelenting scorn. 



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Another dawn I scarce may name, 

Saw thee, for princely greeting, glow, 
In evil hour a wanderer came ; 

For once, thou wert the sign of woe : 
Yet then, even then, there was no shame 

To stamp the stain of tears and blood ; 
And generous memory mourns to blame 

The errors of the good. 

Float fairly from Dun-Edin's brow, 

Primeval pennon of his fathers ; 
Nor tears nor blood shall stain thee now, 

No gloom around thy blazon gathers. 
From Saxon firm and fiery Gael, 

From moor and mart, from cot and hall, 
One voice, one heart, goes forth to hail 

The King— the Sire of All. 

Though with the Scottish stream he met 

The blood of kings that were not mine, 
Though D'Este and Plantagenet 

Have blended with the Bruce's line, 
The spirit of departed time 

Is in the song that meets thy path, 
And lifts once more in Albyn's clime 

The shout of " Righ gu Brathr 

The crown that circled Bruce's helm, 

Once more the Douglas* hand shall raise ; 
The sword that rescued Bruce's realm 

Be guarded by the De la Hayes. 
The children of the heath and yew 

Come harness'd down from glen and strath, 
Plant o'er their crests the White and Blue, 

And swell the " Righ gu Brath." 



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CHAP. II. 

The departure of his Majesty for the Scottish metropolis 
seems to have been contemplated by his English subjects 
with extraordinary interest, and to have produced a 
burst of affectionate loyalty, as honourable to them as it 
must have been gratifying to the feelings of their 
Monarch. What stronger proof could be given of the 
real union of the two kingdoms ? 

Rumours of various sorts were afloat in London as to 
the precise time and place of his Majesty's embarkation. 
At first it was stated, that his Majesty, who, it is known, 
has an aversion to unnecessary public display, would 
proceed, privately, in his carriage to Tilbury Fort. This 
report, however, was abandoned almost as soon as cir- 
culated ; and Woolwich was next mentioned as the pro- 
bable scene of the royal departure. But all farther 
speculation on this point was put an end to by an 
authentic intimation, that the Royal Hospital at Green- 
wich had been finally chosen by his Majesty, as the place 
whence he would commence his voyage, as well because of 
the peculiar convenience which it afforded for such a 
purpose, as from the desire he had to pay a deserved 
compliment to an institution combining in itself so many 
claims on public gratitude. As a place, too, from which 
a large body of spectators could witness the interesting 
ceremony, none could have been selected more desirable. 
Notice of his Majesty's gracious intention was offici- 
ally transmitted, early in the week, from the Admiralty 
to Sir Richard Keats, the governor of the hospital, 
and by him it was immediately communicated to the 
other officers. 

His Majesty's yacht, the Royal George,* had previous- 

* The following description of the Royal George is copied from 
a London journal : — Thursday morning we visited the Royal George 
lying off Deptford ; she is a noble vessel, with an exterior distin- 
guished for its symmetry rather than for its embellishments. On 
stepping on boards we noticed the same elegant simplicity. With the 

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ly arrived at her moorings immediately in front of the 
water-gate of the hospital, where she was joined by the 

exception of the gilt coat of arms at one end, the gilt tiller at the 
other, and a beautiful orbicular glass compass-case in the centre, 
the quarter-deck of this royal yacht scarcely exceeded, in decoration, 
that of one of our crack frigates. 

Descending a winding mahogany staircase that opens near the left, 
or larboard gangway, we came to what is called the middle- deck. A 
door facing the stern led us to the King's dining-cabin — a room, 
as it appeared to us, about twenty- three feet wide, or athwart 
ship, and full seventeen feet deep, or fore and aft. A door, opposite 
to that by which we had entered, conducted us through a passage 
about three feet and a half wide, and seven feet and a half long, 
to the King's state cabin, or drawing-room, which we supposed to 
be about twenty feet wide, and fifteen or sixteen deep. To the left 
of the passage, entered by a door from the state cabin, was the 
King's bedchamber, measuring about thirteen feet one way, and the 
length of the passage the other. The cabin to the right of the pass- 
age was a small bed-chamber, for the personage on board next in rank 
to the King. The ceiling was about six feet and a half from the 
deck, and the royal apartments, though richly and tastefully fitted 
up, did not appear to contain a single superfluous piece of furniture. 
In the two bookcases of the state-cabin, were several standard works, 
foreign as well as English, and on one of the tables in the dining- 
room we noticed a copy of " James's Naval History of Great Bri- 
tain." 

Returning to the foot of the staircase, a door that leads to the fore 
part of the ship brought us to the Lords' apartment, where, we 
are informed, the captain and his officers, and some of the principal 
attendants, dined ; and we observed, that the seats were all con- 
vertible into beds. A passage from this room conducted us to a 
spacious kitchen, that reached to the bows of the vessel. Here we 
found that the cooking process was wholly managed by steam, and 
nothing seemed wanting in this important department. On the lower 
deck, to which we did not descend, were the sleeping cabins of the 
officers of the ship ; and here, also, were slung the hammocks of 
the men. 

The Royal George, we understand, measures 330 tons, and was 
built in 1817, at Deptford dock-yard, from a design by Sir Henry 
Peake, one of the surveyors of the navy. The King's trip to Ireland 
last year, it seems, afforded indubitable proofs of the superiority of 
her construction. In the two days' heavy gale which his Majesty ex- 
perienced on his return, the yacht shipped scarcely any water ; while 
the attendant frigates were " plunging bows and bowsprits under." 
On the same occasion, the Royal George showed also that she could 
outsail and outcarry almost any of the men of war in company. No 
finer vessel, therefore, could have been selected for conveying the 
King of Britain safely and speedily to the port of his destination. 



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other vessels which had received instructions to be ki 
readiness to accompany her down the river. A great 
number of gentlemen's pleasure yachts and sailing ves- 
sels, which had been engaged for the occasion, were like- 
wise assembled in the same quarter, and the most pleas- 
ing and lively bustle was apparent during the week. 
The greater part of his Majesty's household suite, as well 
as his state carriages and horses, had been previously 
despatched in other vessels, so as to arrive at Leith be- 
fore him. 

From paragraphs in the daily papers, it was general- 
ly understood that his Majesty would embark on Thurs- 
day, 8th of August, at eight o'clock in the morning, and 
in consequence, at an early hour on that day, the road 
to Greenwich presented an unusual appearance of gayety. 
Thousands of persons were seen advancing through the 
avenues leading to the centre of attraction, while the 
roads themselves were covered with vehicles of every de- 
scription, filled inside and out with individuals, all in- 
fluenced by the same motive. Every house of public 
entertainment was thronged to excess, and the con- 
sumption of the refreshments usually obtained in such 
places exceeded all former precedent. The private 
houses were scarcely less crowded, as all those who had 
the good fortune to have acquaintances in Greenwich 
and its neighbourhood, on whom they might quarter, 
did not fail to seize this opportunity of paying a friendly 
visit. Unfortunately, however, the vast assemblage thus 
congregated, had to return to town without any other 
gratification than a transient view of the flotilla assembled 
in the river. — A similar scene of disappointment was 
presented on Friday, and hence a general belief prevail- 
ed that his Majesty had abandoned his intentions of 
visiting his Scottish subjects, or had at least deferred his 
departure to some future day. 

In the course of Friday, information of a more decided 
character obtained publicity. It was announced, that the 
Lord Mayor had received an official notice, that his Ma- 
jesty would embark at Greenwich on Saturday morning 
at seven o'clock; and that his Lordship, anxious, as con- 



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servator of the river Thames, to pay every possible 
respect to the Sovereign, while sailing within his jurisdic- 
tion, had determined to accompany him to the Nore, 
This circumstance gave a new impetus to public feeling; 
and all those who had returned to town, provoked by 
the double disappointment which they had already ex- 
perienced, again determined, at the trouble and expense 
of a third vi'sit, to consummate their wishes, and to add, 
by their presence, to the animation and interest of the 
intended spectacle. 

On the road from London, commencing at West- 
minster-bridge, every thing presented the appearance of 
some great festival. At the Obelisk in St George's 
Fields, the Elephant and Castle, the Bricklayer's Arms, 
and, in fact, at the confluence of all the great thorough- 
fares, immense multitudes were congregated, anxiously 
conferring with each other upon the time when his Ma- 
jesty might be expected, and giving various and con- 
flicting opinions on the subject. All the private houses, 
as well as those of public entertainment, in the same route, 
were filled from the parlours to the garreis, by persons 
who lingered through the day with impatient curiosity. 

The roads presented a repetition of the same bustle 
which had been observed on the two preceding days, 
but the number of travellers, pedestrian, equestrian, and 
in carriages, was immensely greater. The Greenwich 
coaches had arrived in town as early as six o'clock, and 
were seen returning down with the utmost rapidity, filled 
with passengers — while others were met on their way to 
town at full gallop, to meet the extraordinary demand 
which had been created. In addition to these ordinary 
modes of conveyance — others of all classes and descrip- 
tions were called into requisition — carts, gigs, hackney 
coaches, and caravans, were every where seen groaning 
under heavy loads, and hurrying with emulative speed 
towards the destined goal. The oldest inhabitants of 
Greenwich scarcely recollected on any occasion, not ex- 
cepting that of the memorable and melancholy spec- 
tacle of Lord Nelson lying in state, to have witnessed so 
extraordinary an influx of strangers. The demands for 



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accommodation in the taverns were beyond the possi- 
bility of gratification ; and parties of the highest respect- 
ability were necessarily refused admission. 

It was soon ascertained, that his Majesty was not to 
be expected till the afternoon tide; and, in consequence, 
thousands strolled into the Park, to while away their 
time until that period arrived ; and here, hundreds of 
groups, who had the prudence to guard against con- 
tingencies, by bringing their own provisions, were seen 
" gipseying" under the grateful shadow of the trees, and 
drinking, by anticipation^ " a pleasant voyage to the 
royal traveller." 

We have already had occasion to state, that Sir 
Richard Keats, the governor of Greenwich hospital, 
received an official notice of his Majesty's intended 
embarkation, which, we believe, it was desired might 
be as private as possible. The first day appointed 
was Thursday, but this was subsequently changed to 
Saturday morning at seven o'clock ; and again this hour 
was changed to the afternoon tide. The whole of the 
effective body of collegemen were ordered to be attired 
in their best dresses, to the number of about two thou- 
sand ; and, for the purpose of preserving order, the as- 
sistance of the Woolwich division of marines was de- 
manded ; all the officers were likewise directed to wear 
their full-dress uniforms. 

At eight o'clock precisely, the Woolwich division of 
marines arrived in Greenwich, under the command of 
Colonel Meres, and was immediately marched into the 
great square of the hospital, where they piled arms ; 
they came attended by their full band. Detachments 
were then placed on auty at the different gates of in- 
gress, to prevent the forced obtrusion of the populace, 
and particularly at the West Gate, through which his 
Majesty was to approach, and where the greatest pres- 
sure was observable. About this time, too, the admis- 
sion of tickets commenced, and, as the day advanced, 
the most pleasing display of beauty and fashion was 
every where visible. A number of the ladies were dressed 
in tartan. Among the gentlemen whom we noticed, early 
on their arrival, were Earl St Vincent, and Sir George 



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Grey, the commissioner of Portsmouth dock-yard, who 
came in his yacht from Portsmouth. Several other per- 
sons of distinction soon afterwards arrived, and joined 
their respective friends in the college. 

From the first moment it was known that his Ma- 
jesty would embark in the river, the Lord Mayor evinc- 
ed the greatest anxiety to shew the attachment of him- 
self and the corporation to his Majesty's person, by at- 
tending on him in the corporation state-barge, and the 
barges of the several companies, to the boundary of his 
Lordship's jurisdiction. This feeling his Lordship com- 
municated to the several companies, and he had repeated 
interviews with several of the aldermen on the subject. 
As the precise day of his Majesty's departure was not 
known, his Lordship applied to the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department for information on the subject. 
His Lordship, however, was kept in suspense till Thurs- 
day, when he was first informed that his Majesty would 
embark at Greenwich on Saturday, 10th August, at 
eight o'clock in the morning. His Lordship lost no 
time in communicating this information to the different 
companies ; but it was found, that the time allowed for 
preparation was too short to enable them all to attend 
his Lordship with the splendour befitting the occasion. 
His Lordship then gave directions to have his own barge 
in readiness by seven o'clock on Saturday morning, at 
which time he resolved to embark, and appointed the 
stairs at the Tower for the place of rendezvous. His 
Lordship's intention was to reach Greenwich before the 
arrival of his Majesty, in order that he might be in 
readiness to receive him ; and with a view of enabling 
him to accompany the royal yacht to the extent of his 
boundaries, he engaged the Royal Sovereign steam-boat 
to tow him along. After his Lordship had announced 
these arrangements, and had done every thing which he 
thought befitting the loyalty of the corporation, and the 
ardency of his own feelings, he received another commu- 
nication on Friday afternoon, from Mr Hobhouse, the 
Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
stating, that the time for his Majesty's embarkation had 
been changed from the morning to two o'clock in the 



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afternoon. It was then too late for any alteration in 
his Lordship's previous orders; and he therefore deter- 
mined to proceed as he had at first resolved. 

Accordingly, at six o'clock on Saturday morning, the 
state-barge came close to the Tower wharf, richly deco- 
rated with the city banners, and provided with a band 
of music. The rowers were all in their state attire, and 
the whole presented a very splendid and gorgeous ap- 

{)earance. At seven o'clock the Lord Mayor and his 
ady, in court costume, arrived on the wharf. His Lord- 
ship immediately embarked, and was soon followed by a 
numerous circle of friends, who had been invited to ac- 
company him, both male and female. The usual officers 
attendant on the Lord Mayor, on state occasions, were 
likewise present. 

All being on board, the barge was immediately taken 
in tow by the Royal Sovereign steam-vessel, which was 
crowded with a select number of passengers, invited by 
the Lord Mayor, and forthwith proceeded to Greenwich. 

The barges of the goldsmiths' and skinners' companies, 
which were the only other barges in attendance, had pre- 
ceded his Lordship's a short time before, and the whole 
arrived at Greenwich at eight o'clock. They were ac- 
companied on their starting by a vast number of plea- 
sure boats, tastefully ornamented with flags, and covered 
with awnings ; but these were left far behind by the 
superior velocity obtained from the assistance of the 
steam-vessel. They all, however, reached the appointed 
place of meeting in due time. 

The Lord Mayor and his guests then proceeded in 
the city Shallop to the Royal Sovereign, where they 
breakfasted. 

On the arrival of the city state-barges opposite the 
hospital, nothing could exceed the magnificence of the 
coup d'oeil which was presented, as viewed from the 
shore. Immediately in front lay the Royal George 
yacht, in every way equipped for sea, and distinguished 
by her superior size and decorations from all the surround- 
ing vessels. At each end of her were moored the Comet 
and James Watt steam-boats,* by which she was to be 

* The James Watt had previously arrived at Deptford, on her 



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accompanied on her voyage. Again, to the left wa& 
ranged an infinite number of pleasure yachts, gayly deco- 
rated with appropriate flags and streamers. Beyond 
these were three large steam-boats, engaged for the day 
by casual spectators, and filled with well-dressed com- 
panies. Beside these there was a vast variety of craft of 
all descriptions, including pleasure-boats, wherries, ship- 
boats, funnies, skiffs, filled with parties impatiently await- 
ing the approaching spectacle, occasionally moving from 
place to place, and thereby giving a singular and pleasing 
animation to the whole. Beyond these again were seen 
the shores of the Isle of Dogs, which exhibited immense 
clusters of spectators arranged on scaffolds erected for 
the purpose, and for miles lining the banks of the river. 
The effect produced by the whole, accompanied as it 
was by the contemplation of the cause by which it was 
occasioned, was extremely grand, and must be left rather 
to the fancy than to description. 

Soon after two o'clock on Saturday, a caravan with 
the King's luggage, and several of the domestics, left the 
King's palace in Pall-mall for Greenwich. Every thing 
being properly arranged for his Majesty 's departure, the 
King entered his travelling carriage exactly at a quarter 
before three o'clock. His Majesty was attended in his 



way to Leith with passengers, and was preparing to sail, when, on 
Thursday, 8th of August, at 10 a. m. she received orders, conveyed 
by Sir Charles Paget, to remain on her station till four. At that 
hour orders were received, that the James Watt should attend the 
royal yacht, and to fit up apartments in her for the use of the King, 
who might embark in her, in the event of very unfavourable weath- 
er. — The passengers in the James Watt were then transferred to the 
Tourist, and preparations made for the accommodation of his Ma- 
jesty. We were permitted to inspect the interior of the James 
Watt, upon her arrival in Leith Roads ; and found, that, in the fit- 
ting of her up, comfort much more than magnificence had been 
studied. The ladies' cabin was converted into the bed-room of Jiis 
Majesty ; the floors of the bed-room staircase and state-room were 
laid with Brussels carpets; the chairs were cane-bottomed, with 
green leather cushions ; the rest of the furniture mahogany. The 
bed-room was lined with buff-coloured glazed muslin. The bed it- 
self was remarkably plain — a chintz quilt, and curtains of the same 
pattern, hung upon brass rods, which touched the ceiling, its only 
canopy. 



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carriage by Lord Francis Conyngham, Groom of the 
Bedchamber, and Sir William Knighton, one of his 
Majesty's Physicians in ordinary. The royal carriage 
was drawn by four beautiful bay horses ; tne postilions 
wore fancy light jackets with gilt buttons, and white 
beaver hats. The outriders were Mr Kinnaird (the 
King's principal footman), Messrs Hearn and Lowdes, 
two other footmen, and the King's principal groom. The 
royal cavalcade moved in the following order : 

Two of the 15th Light Dragoons. 

Two of the King's outriders. 

The King's carnage. 

Two outriders behind the carriage. 

The officer and eight privates of the 15th Dragoons. 

A barouche and four, in which were Messrs Lucas, 

Holmes, and Whiting, three of his Majesty's 

principal pages. 

Two of the 15th Light Dragoons. 

The cavalcade entered St James's Park near Spring- 
garden-gate from the Palace Yard, and proceeded at a 
moderate pace, highly to the gratification of a numerous 
assemblage of persons, who had been collecting since 
twelve o'clock, and who by this means were enabled to 
enjoy the pleasure of a full view of his Majesty's person. 
They received the King with very marked attention and 
dutiful respect, repeated huzzas, hats off, &c. &c. The 
Tilt Yard guard was drawn out on the parade to receive 
his Majesty with military honours, as were the Royal 
Horse Guards, who were on duty at the Horse Guards. 
Tljey received his Majesty with presented swords, and sa- 
luted with their trumpet. His Majesty proceeded through 
Whitehall, Parliament Street, and over Westminster 
Bridge, where numbers of persons were in waiting, in 
longing expectation, to view his Majesty ; but of course 
not so numerous, in consequence of the mis-statements 
which had been circulated of his Majesty's intention of 
leaving London early on Friday morning. 

As the royal cavalcade proceeded from London to 
Greenwich, his Majesty was received with the most flat- 



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tering testimonies of loyalty and attachment. The streets 
were lined with carriages filled with elegant company, 
and with equestrians and pedestrians. At the Green 
Man, in the Kent road, the broad pendant was hoisted 
and suspended across the road, on which was inscribed 
" God save the King." 

At Greenwich, near the entrance of the town, the chil- 
dren of the various schools were drawn up to welcome 
the King. Their appearance was very pleasing ; and his 
Majesty appeared gratified with the artless expressions 
of attachment evinced by his juvenile subjects. 

At a quarter past two o'clock, several of his Majesty's 
suite arrived at the western gate of Greenwich Hospital. 
At half past two the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord 
Steward of his Majesty's Household, arrived in his tra- 
velling carriage, and drove to the grand avenue lead- 
ing to the place of embarkation, where he remained 
until the arrival of his Majesty. Soon afterwards, the 
Earls of Harrowby, Westmorland, and Liverpool, the 
Marquis of Londonderry, and several other noblemen, 
arrived. 

At half past two o'clock the shore in every part was 
lined with spectators. Every house was crammed from 
top to bottom : the hospital, its grounds and enclosures, 
were completely filled. The pensioners flanked each 
side of the path from the western gate to the stairs at 
which the King was to embark ; and parties of the royal 
marines were stationed through the whole line to pre- 
serve order. Mr Minshull, the magistrate of Bow Street, 
was at the western gate with a strong body of police. 

As the hour of three approached, the public expecta- 
tion was at the highest possible pitch. The vessels im- 
mediately off Greenwich were crowded to excess ; the 
shrouds and yards of the whole of them were manned ; 
and the river at this time presented a spectacle of the 
most impressive nature. 

At five minutes past three a general " Huzza L? an- 
nounced the approach of his Majesty ; and in a short 
time the King arrived at the Royal Hospital, in a plain 
green carriage and four, escorted only by a party of the 
15th Hussars. His arrival was first known to the mul- 



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titude on the Thames by the presence of a hussar, who 
gallopped down to the stairs in front of the Royal Hos- 
pital ; and immediately after, the flag, which had been 
flying all day on the roof of this noble edifice, was 
lowered, and the royal standard hoisted in its stead. 
The hoisting of the royal standard was greeted from the 
river and from the shore with astounding huzzas. All 
eyes were now directed from the terrace, where the com- 
pany were principally assembled, towards the part where 
his Majesty must enter. The moment his carriage ap- 
peared in view (precisely at twenty minutes past three 
o'clock), all hats were off, and he was received with a 
universal shout of acclamation, which was returned from 
the opposite bank of the river, where immense multitudes 
had been assembling from an early hour in the morning. 
Handkerchiefs were floating from every window, and 
continued so until his Majesty was conveyed on board. 
When the bands struck up " God save the King," 
the acclamations of the people accompanied, and soon 
drowned the more feeble voice of the instruments. Hun- 
dreds of those who were present, particularly such as 
were close to the north gate, joined in the chorus, and, 
however discordant their voices, must have rendered this 
beautiful piece of national music more grateful to the ears 
of his Majesty, than if it had been executed by the most 
finished performers, whether vocal or instrumental. His 
Majesty appeared deeply impressed with the scene before 
him ; accordingly, his countenance beamed with pleasure!; 
and he answered the greetings of his subjects in the most 
benignant and affable manner. 

The carriages arrived at the beach in the same order 
in which they left town. As they moved along with the 
utmost rapidity, the two fore-horses of that which imme- 
diately followed his Majesty stumbled and fell, in con- 
sequence of which the groom was thrown to the ground. 
He was, however, fortunately rescued, and dragged from 
under the horses' feet by some gentlemen near him. 

From the moment his Majesty entered the precincts 
of the College, the drums continued beating a double 
royal salute, and the military remained with presented 
arms. Those who were fortunate enough to occupy at 



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an early hour the parts immediately adjoining the north 
water-gate, where his Majesty was to descend into the 
barge, retained their places with great perseverance. 
Many efforts were made in the course of the day to ob- 
tain possession of this desirable spot, but they were, ge- 
nerally speaking, ineffectual. When the royal carriage 
arrived, the pressure towards this part was very great. 
A lady, who stood immediately in front, unable to sus- 
tain it, was forced forward just as the King passed, and 
fell upon her knees. 

In a few moments his Majesty, he having rested for a 
very short time in the Governor's house, appeared at the 
stairs at which he was to embark. He was attended by 
two or three noblemen, and was dressed in a plain blue 
surtout and foraging-cap. He descended to the barge 
which was in waiting, with the national standard flying, 
and in a very few minutes was alongside the Royal 
George. At the moment that he descended the steps 
from the Royal Hospital, he was greeted by the vast 
multitude ashore and on the river with cheers which 
were truly astounding. The hats and handkerchiefs of 
tens of thousands of persons of both sexes were waving 
in the air. 

On his Majesty getting out of his carriage, he bowed 
with peculiar grace to the spectators on the right and 
left, and then to the front. He took the arm of the 
Governor of Greenwich Hospital as he walked down the 
steps, and was assisted by Sir Charles Paget into his 
barge. Repeated enthusiastic cries of " God bless your 
Majesty !" resounded from every quarter ; and the King 
appeared a good deal moved by the loyalty that was so 
generally evinced. As he took leave of the persons on 
shore, he, in an emphatic manner, exclaimed, " God 
bless you all !" 

At exactly twenty minutes past three the King was 
alongside the Royal George, and he ascended the ladder 
at the gangway, amid the cheers of the surrounding mul- 
titude, which at this moment beggared all description. 

The King was accompanied in the barge, attached to 
the royal yacht, by the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord 
Francis Conyngham, the Marquis of Anglesey (who 



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immediately afterwards went on board his own yacht), 
and several other distinguished characters ; and he was 
received upon the quarter-deck by Captain the Hon- 
ourable Sir Charles Paget and the whole of the ship's 
officers in full uniform. Earl St Vincent stood un- 
covered, and saluted him : they shook hands, and, after 
a conversation of some length, the King was introduced 
to each officer on board. Earl St Vincent then took his 
leave of the King, and was brought on shore again. 
When the King put his foot on board, the Commo- 
dore's broad pendant was taken down from the main- 
mast, the royal standard of England was hoisted in its 
place, and a signal was made to the telegraph on shore 
communicating with the Admiralty. 

On Earl St Vincent arriving on shore at the top of the 
steps near the beach, he was received with a salute from 
the marines and troops ; when he turned round with his 
face towards the Royal George, and exclaimed in a voice 
as loud as he could command, " Three cheers for the 
King." Three loud cheers were given, at which the old 
warrior appeared truly delighted. 

When the King and his retinue were safely on board 
the Royal George, the state-barge of the Lord Mayor 
of London was unmoored and rowed to the Royal Sove- 
reign Ramsgate steam-packet, which vessel took her in 
tow, and proceeded to the centre of the river. His 
Lordship, &c. dined on board that beautiful vessel, the 
cabin of which is handsomely fitted up, and extremely 
well adapted for a large party. 

Some delay occurred while the Royal George was 
getting her anchor ; but this being accomplished, a hawser 
was made fast from her bows to the Comet steam-packet, 
appointed for that purpose, and at twenty ^inutes from 
four o'clock the royal yacht was in rapid motion. 

The moment the Royal George moved from her an- 
chorage, all the vessels, boats, and craft of every descrip- 
tion on the river followed her example. The boats were 
breaking away in every direction, and many of them had 
great difficulty in keeping clear of the larger craft. As 
the royal yacht moved from the shore, the assembled 
multitudes greeted the King with loud and long-continu- 



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ed cheers. The Lord Mayor's barge (towed, as we have 
mentioned already, by the Royal Sovereign) kept the 
lead. 

The King, when he had been a few minutes on board, 
appeared on the quarter-deck, in full naval uniform, 
wearing a cocked hat. As the royal yacht passed the 
numerous vessels, the crews manned the yards, and loud- 
ly cheered the King, who returned the compliment by 
bowing repeatedly in the most affable manner. When 
about half-way between Greenwich and Blackwall, the 
boatswain of the Royal George piped to man the yards, 
and almost in a moment every top-man was at his station 
aloft, and all was ready to unfurl the sails. 

In this state she proceeded, receiving numerous sa- 
lutes from the shore, and from vessels coming up the 
river, until she arrived oif the West India docks, where 
she was greeted with a royal salute from a tier of guns 
planted for that purpose at the entrance to the docks. 

Hereabouts the King retired below for a short time, 
and having divested himself of his naval uniform, re- 
appeared upon the quarter-deck of his yacht, in a plain 
blue surtout and travelling cap. 

Off the East India docks a fine breeze sprung up, the 
sails of the Royal George were unfurled to the wind, and 
she stood before it in gallant style. < 

At Woolwich, the regiment quartered there (the Buffs) 
was drawn up in front of the King's yard and royal 
arsenal ; and, as the flotilla passed, the band played 
" God save the King," the corps presented arms, and 
some artillery at the same time fired a royal salute from 
both shores. 

From the entrance of one of the dry docks, a very 
large flag was suspended, bearing the inscription " Long 
live King George the Fourth !" The houses, as well as 
the shore at this point, were literally crammed with peo- 
ple, who, as the royal flotilla passed, rent the air with 
their shouts. The yards of the vessels moored off the 
town were manned by the respective crews in their best 
apparel, and the rigging of each was covered with the 
colours of every nation. The church bells also rang a 
merry peal as the flotilla passed. 



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The Royal George, when she passed Woolwich, was 
followed only by some steam-yachts, no sailing vessel 
being able to keep up with her. When near the Half- 
way-house to Gravesend the wind increased, and she 
kept her course for some time close-hauled ; when, hav- 
ing the breeze right abaft, her studding-sails were set, 
and she soon distanced every thing. The towing of the 
Comet was no longer necessary, although she still kept 
her station, and the James Watt, with all her power of 
machinery in operation, did not shoot a-head. The 
beautiful yacht of the Marquis of Anglesey was towed 
immediately astern of the Royal George by the King of 
the Netherlands steam-packet. 

The interest excited by the expected approach of his 
Majesty to Gravesend, in his way to the Nore, was 
scarcely less ardent than that which we have described 
as having existed at Greenwich. The same disappoint- 
ment which occurred at Greenwich, too, was experienced 
here, and for two days the inhabitants of the surrounding 
country were kept in suspense. Every possible demon- 
stration of respect had been determined on, and each 
day, from Thursday morning, flags were displayed from 
the church-steeples and the town-hall, as well as from 
every elevated building. 

All the ships and smaller craft in the river were like- 
wise dressed in flags of every description. On Saturday 
morning, as early as ten o'clock, the company began 
again to flow into the town, and in a short time all the 
stables were filled. The visitors immediately proceeded 
to the banks of the river, and to such elevated places as 
presented themselves on the shore. The terrace above 
the bathing-house especially was thronged with specta- 
tors, who, throughout the morning, kept casting " long 
and lingering looks'" towards London. As the tide re- 
ceded, hope became extinguished, and at last it was con- 
cluded that the multitude was destined to a third morti- 
fication, and many actually resolved to return home, and 
laugh at those who had the folly to remain. 

The arrival in this town, however, of the Chatham di- 
vision of marines, from that place, excited new hope, and 
many, of wavering dispositions, resolved to wait the 



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issue. The marines, which were under the command of 
Colonel Christie, immediately marched to a point of land 
below the battery, where they piled arms and remained 
at their posts, wnile their officers rode towards Northfleet, 
in order to have the earliest view of the approach of the 
royal yacht. 

In Tilbury Fort preparations were made to fire a sa- 
lute, for which purpose a small detachment of artillery 
was sent over. 

At six o'clock, those who had been stretching their 
telescopes the whole of the day towards Long Reach, in 
the hope of being able to afford consolation to the impa- 
tient throng, announced the thrice-welcome intelligence 
that they were enabled to distinguish the smoke of the 
steam vessels, by which it was known the royal yacht 
was to be accompanied. Every moment now added to 
the certainty of his Majesty's approach ; and by the 
naked eye it was soon seen that the royal yacht preceded 
by a considerable distance the sailing vessels by which it 
had been accompanied on its departure from Greenwich. 
The salute fired at Woolwich had been distinctly heard 
at twenty minutes from five, so that the fact of his Ma- 
jesty's embarkation was fully ascertained. 

Every five minutes now offered fresh consolation, and 
the agitation of the assembled throng increased. The 
cry of u He's coming I" became general, and the joy 
evinced on the occasion sufficiently manifested the plea- 
sure derived from the circumstance by the multitude. 

The marines were now drawn up in two bodies, on 
distinct points of land, fronting Gravesend Hope, with 
their respective bands, and their officers took their re- 
spective stations. 

At half-past six o'clock, the yacht was stated to have 
reached Greenhithe, and shortly after seven it was seen 
to enter Northfleet Hope. Precisely at twenty minutes 
after seven, the Sovereign steam-vessel, towing the Lord 
Mayor's barge in the most masterly style, passed Tilbury 
Fort, keeping the centre of the river, and the band on 
board playing " God save the King.' 1 At this moment 
the bands of the marines on shore joined in the favourite 
anthem, while the myriads on the shore commenced a loud 
and enthuastic cheer. 



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In a few minutes after, the royal yacht came down in 
the most majestic style, towed by the Comet, and sur- 
rounded by upwards of a hundred boats, which had set 
out from Gravesend to meet it. His Majesty was on 
deck, and was repeatedly cheered. He appeared to be 
highly delighted, and frequently bowed in return. As 
his Majesty passed the fort, a royal salute was fired, and 
the marines presented arms. 

All the vessels which had left Greenwich with his 
Majesty were completely distanced; and those which 
persevered in following him did not reach Gravesend for 
an hour afterwards. 

The Corporation of Gravesend and Milton had pre- 
pared an address to be presented to his Majesty ; but, 
from the difficulty which would necessarily exist of ac- 
complishing this, while on his passage, it was resolved 
that it should be conveyed through the medium of Lord 
Darnley, who is steward of the corporation. 

The most anxious expectation, on the subject of his Ma- 
jesty's approach, prevailed in South End throughout the 
whole of the day. Several pleasure boats, filled with 
the temporary visitors to the palace, as well as the inha- 
bitants, were on the water the whole of the morning, and 
again embarked in the evening. It was nine o'clock, 
however, before the feelings of the multitude were fully 
gratified ; at that hour the Lord Mayor's barge, closely 
followed by the royal yacht, was faintly seen from the 
shore ; and, at the same moment, the report of a salute 
fired from the garrison at Sheerness, announced his 
Majesty's arrival at the Nore. At this point the Lord 
Mayor took his leave of the Royal George, amidst loud 
cheers, — his Majesty intimating his sense of his Lord- 
ship's loyal and respectful attention, by repeatedly bow- 
ing and kissing his hand. The Lord Mayor then com- 
menced his return to the metropolis. 

A fresh breeze now followed the calm which had pre- 
viously prevailed, and his Majesty proceeded into the 
Channel amidst the prayers and good wishes of his af- 
fectionate subjects. 

The King remained upon deck until it was nearly dark, 



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and returned the greetings from the numerous yessels 
which passed him with his usual affability. 

As each vessel which accompanied the royal squadron 
from Greenwich quitted it to return to London, the re- 
spective companies cheered his Majesty with loud huzzas, 
and " God save the King" was sung as the Royal George 
passed, a compliment which was acknowledged in a very 
earnest manner by the King. 

The Marquis of Conyngham and Lord Graves em- 
barked with and attended his Majesty, the former as 
Lord Steward, the other as the Lord in Waiting. Among 
the other attendants were Lord Francis Conyngham, 
General Sir William Keppel, Sir A. F. Bernard, and 
Sir E. Nagle, Grooms of the Bedchamber ; Sir William 
Knighton, Physician in Ordinary to his Majesty; Sir 
Elgrove Turner and Colonel Thornton. Mr Walker, 
the King's Apothecary, was also in attendance. 

Mr Baxter, the King's table-decker, attended as prin- 
cipal Steward, and directed all the arrangements in the 
yacht. Mr Thompson and Mr Rosenberg, two of the 
King's Messengers, were also on board.' 

Lord Gwydir, deputy Great Chamberlain, Earl Cath- 
cartj and Lord Lynedock, embarked in the Comet, to 
accompany his Majesty to Scotland. It was intended 
that they should sail in the Royal Sovereign, one of the 
royal squadron, which was fitted up for their reception; 
but, apprehensive of being outsailed, they went on board 
the Comet, and were regularly supplied from the Royal 
Sovereign. 

On Sundav the 11th August, at 4 p. m. the Royal 
Squadron * weighed from the Nore ; the James Watt 
taking in tow the Royal George, and the Comet the 



* The squadron consisted of the Royal George yacht, Commo- 
dore Sir C. Paget, Captain William J. Mingay ; the Royal Sove- 
reign yacht, Captain Charles Adam ; Prince Regent yacht, Captain 
Sir Michael Seymour, Bart. K.C.B. ; Phaeton frigate, 46 guns, 
Captain William Augustus Montagu, C. B. ; Egeria sloop of war, 
24 guns, Captain John F. Nicolas, C. B. ; Cameleon and Calliope 
tenders, Lieutenants P. Justice and Charles Witham ; an Admiral's 
yacht, and Mr Pelham's yacht, Falcon; the James Watt and Comet 
steam-packets. 

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Royal Sovereign. In a few hours these vessels were 
out of sight of the rest of the squadron. The weather 
proving fine in the afternoon, the Comet was ordered to 
let go the Royal Sovereign, and assist the James Watt in 
towing the Royal George. Despatches for London, from 
his Majesty, were sent ashore at Orfordness. In pass- 
ing between Orfordness and Lowestoff, innumerable boats 
and vessels came off from the different towns, eager to greet 
and obtain a glimpse of their beloved Sovereign, who con- 
descendingly gratified them, by appearing on deck, and 
bowing to them most affably. Wnen off Aldborough, 
the royal yacht was passed by the Czar, (Leith and 
London smack) having convicts on board, who hoisted 
her colours, manned her cross-trees and mast-head, and 
cheered his Majesty, the convicts, who had been ad- 
mitted upon deck by the captain, most cordially join- 
ing. The King came upon deck, and, after gracious- 
ly bowing, reconnoitred the smack with a spy-glass. 
About seven in the evening, the Royal George and her 
steam conductors were off Yarmouth, but at such a dis- 
tance as to be scarcely seen from the shore. A num- 
ber of boats, however, belonging to that place approach- 
ed the royal yacht, and loudly cheered his Majesty, who, 
with the most marked courtesy, returned their greeting. 
During the night the weather was remarkably fine, and 
the royal yacht, having all sails set to catch a favourable 
breeze, and towed by the steam-vessels, made great way. 
On the 12th, the weather still continuing favourable, 
at ten o'clock the royal yacht reached Flamborough 
Head, and sailed directly under this bold and remark- 
able promontory, upon which an immense number of 
people were congregated, who, literally, looked down 
upon their Sovereign standing upon deck, and loudly 
cheered him. In passing close to Scarborough, crowds 
of boats put off from the shore, filled with people, whose 
loyal demonstrations were suitably acknowledged. In 
one of these boats was a gentleman (supposed, by those 
on board, to be the Mayor of the place) who, by means 
of a long pole, handed in an address to his Majesty- 
This being the King's birth-day, his Majesty at mid-day 
was cheered by the whole crews ; and after dinner his 



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band of music, who were accommodated in the James 
Watt, were ordered upon the deck of the royal yacht. 
After they had performed some airs, his Majesty, with 
that considerate regard to the happiness of all around 
him, which is one of the distinguishing traits of his char- 
acter, expressed a hope, that thev had got a double allow- 
ance that day; and, upon their return to the James Watt, 
they were cautioned by their Royal Master, to take care 
of themselves on going into the boat. A hamper of wine 
was also despatched after them by the express order of 
his Majesty. Towards the evening the weather began 
to look gloomy and threatening, and shortly after pass- 
ing Tynemouth, the wind, which was S.W., increased to 
a heavy gale. A steam-vessel being no longer of use, 
the James Watt was cast off, and, in company with the 
Comet, followed the royal yacht. 

On the 13th, as day began to break, the yacht had 
reached the Fern Islands. At seven, being then off 
Eyemouth, and the wind blowing hard down the frith, 
the James Watt was again attached to the yacht ; but 
the wind coming in heavy gusts off the bold and high 
land upon that part of the coast, rendered the passage of 
the frith impracticable. The royal yacht again made 
sail, and, followed by the steam-ves-sels, stood for Ber- 
wick bay, where she anchored, and was joined in the 
afternoon by the Royal Sovereign. While in the bay; 
the royal yacht was surrounded by innumerable boats, 
the people in which hailed with acclamations his Ma- 
jesty's presence upon the Borders. In the evening, the 
Royal George and her consort, accompanied by the 
steam-vessels, and still riding at anchor, Avere passed by 
the rest of the squadron. 

At three o'clock in the morning of the 14th. the 
steam-vessels were again in motion ; and the wind con- 
tinuing to blow from the west, it was uncertain whether 
his Majesty would proceed on his vovage by his own 
yacht or the James Watt. The Commodore, to ascer- 
tain the state of the weather, went on board the Comet, 
and sailed her a few miles seaward. At forty minutes 
past five, the James Watt was ordered to take in tow and 
pilot the Royal George up the frith, a-si^ted by the 



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Comet. At seven in the morning, the Royal George 
and the Royal Sovereign passed St Abb's Head. At 
lOh. 30m. they reached the Bass, from which was fired 
a royal salute. In passing Dunbar, a royal salute was 
fired from the fort, and also from Doon-hill. A despatch 
for London was here put on shore, by order of the King. 
The King appeared upon deck, and gracefully returned 
the salutes of the immense concourse of spectators who 
lined the shore. When off North Berwick, the boats 
which put off from the shore were innumerable. Off 
the east point of Aberlady Bay, the royal yacht was 
approached by the Queen Margaret steam-packet, hav- 
ing on board a large company of ladies and gentle- 
men. The Queen Margaret had been cruising all that 
morning and the preceding day about the mouth of the 
frith, to obtain the first view of his Majesty within his 
Scottish dominions. At an early hour, when passing 
through the Roads, they began to observe various ships, 
belonging to the squadron, on the horizon, and at last, 
about half-past eleven, the royal yacht was discerned in 
tow of two steam vessels, approaching with astonishing 
rapidity. At this time, the day was beautiful, and the 
sea calm, and there appeared to be no other vessel pro- 
ceeding to meet his Majesty, except another steam-boat, 
several miles a-stern of the Queen Margaret. Soon after 
twelve, when off the east point of Aberlady bay, the 
Queen Margaret turned, as she drew near to the stately 
ship that bore the person of our beloved Sovereign ; and, 
while the latter, towed by the steam-vessels, swept past, 
at the distance of between forty and fifty yards, the 
whole party on board the Queen Margaret uncovered and 
joined in singing " God save the King." His Majesty 
graciously condescended to notice this humble, but most 
sincere greeting, by coming to the side of the royal yacht 
and repeatedly bowing at the close of each stanza, in a way 
that those who saw him will not soon forget. The Queen 
Margaret then fell a-stern of the Royal George and re~ 
turned up the frith, all on board being highly delighted 
in having at last had so gratifying and favourable an op- 
portunity of seeing our beloved King, and of testifying 
their ardent attachment to his person. 



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On the same day, the Regent revenue-cruiser, upon 
Leith station, was despatched to look out for the royal 
squadron, and discovered the Prince Regent, Phaeton, 
and Egeria, with the tenders and the Admiral's yacht, 
and Mr Pelham's, considerably to the eastward of Inch- 
keith. The Regent stood towards them and lay to. 
The Royal George and Royal Sovereign soon made 
their appearance, when the rest of the squadron joined 
them, and, after firing salutes, fell into line. The smoke 
was perceived from the Admiral's telegraph at Leith, 
and announced to those stationed there the approach of 
the squadron, which soon after hove in sight. As soon 
as the royal standard was observed, a salute of twenty- 
one guns was fired from all the ships in the roads, viz. 
the Dover, bearing the flag of the Admiral on the sta- 
tion, Sir J. P. Beresford, Bart. K.C.B. ; the Forte, of 
44 guns, Captain Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, which had 
arrived on the 7th from the Thames, in order to procure 
anchorage for the Royal George and her convoy ; * and 
the Regent and Princess Royal revenue-cutters. The 
royal squadron now stood up in grand style for the 
roads, and at two o'clock cast anchor. A royal salute 
was then fired by Leith battery ; and another from the 
ships in the roads, who manned their yards and set their 
flags and streamers a-flying. Immediately the barge of 
the Admiral on the station, Sir J. P. Beresford, was 
lowered ; and having on board the Admiral, Sir Walter 
Scott, Sir Thomas Bradford, Sir William Curtis, and 
other distinguished persons, proceeded towards the Royal 
George, on ooard of which they entered, "f 



* The squadron was also preceded on the voyage by two Trinity 
yachts, and the following members of the Royal Yacht Club: Sir 
William Curtis, in his yacht Die Jonge Vrow Rebecca Maria; Mr 
Bacon, in his schooner the Hussar ; and Mr Smith, in his cutter 
the Orion ; all which vessels, with other private yachts that have 
since joined, are now lying at anchor in the roads. 

j- Captain Dall, commander of the James Watt, was ordered on 
board the Royal George as soon as the squadron anchored ; and had 
the thanks of the Commodore communicated to him by Captain 
Mingay, for his skilful conduct, particularly in piloting the royal 
yacht up the frith. 



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The squadron, when a considerable way down the 
frith, had been descried through a thick haze from the 
Calton Hill, and the more elevated houses in the New 
Town. Thousands immediately hastened to every com- 
manding situation in the vicinity, to witness the glorious 
and spirit-stirring spectacle. No sooner was the arrival 
announced by the guns on the Calton and repeated from 
the Castle, than the city poured out the myriads of its 
population and the strangers within it ; some of whom 
proceeded to Leith walk, to occupy the seats which they 
had secured at windows or on the scaffolding ; — others, 
and by far the greater number, pressed forward to the 
shore, where they remained in defiance of the rain, which 
now descended in torrents. It seemed as if every other 
feeling had been so completely absorbed in that of joy, 
that people of all conditions and ages were rendered 
wholly unconscious of every inconvenience. As it had 
been fixed that the procession was to take place five 
hours after the time of landing, the Magistrates and 
Council instantly convened in the Council-chamber, and 
their carriages were in attendance to convey them to the 
barrier of the city. The Magistrates of Glasgow and 
other burghs were also in readiness to meet the procession. 
Archers, Celts, Dragoons, Yeomen, and military of all 
descriptions, were seen hurrying in every direction to 
their appointed stations ; and, in the course of an hour, 
the streets of Edinburgh, out of the line of the pro- 
cession, seemed as if absolutely deserted. About two 
o'clock, however, a boat, with an officer on board, arrived 
on shore, and announced, that, in consequence of the state 
of the weather, his Majesty had resolved to defer his 
landing till next day at twelve o'clock. Still large 
masses of people continued to linger about the shore, 
gladdening themselves with the sight of the gallant ship 
which bore their Sovereign ; and their numbers received 
the addition of thousands more, who, notwithstanding the 
certainty of the King's remaining in the roads till next 
day, still crowded from the city. The Calton-hill at 
this time presented, on its eastern brow, the singular 
spectacle of an immense multitude, who, drenched 
with rain, and seemingly deprived of the power of mo- 



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tion, looked down upon Leith walk, and surveyed, in mute 
wonder, the contending streams of people who moved 
along it. 

When the arrival of Sir Walter Scott alongside the 
royal yacht was announced to the King, " What !" said 
his Majesty, " Sir Walter Scott ? the man in Scotland 
I most wish to see ! Let him come up." This dis- 
tinguished baronet then ascended the ship, and was pre- 
sented to the King on the quarter-deck, by whom he 
was graciously received ; and, after an appropriate speech, 
in the name of the ladies of Edinburgh, presented his 
Majesty with the St Andrew's Cross, which his fair sub- 
jects had provided for him. The King, with evident 
marks of satisfaction, made a gracious reply to Sir Walter, 
received the gift, and promised to wear it in public. Sir 
Walter knelt and kissed the hand of his Sovereign. 

In the course of the afternoon, great numbers, who 
could no longer controul their impatience to behold his 
Majesty, proceeded in boats to the royal yacht, and 
hovered around her. The King, apprised of this visit 
by the hearty and continued cheers that arose from the 
boats, went upon deck, where, notwithstanding the wet- 
ness of the day, he remained under an awning, until the 
hour of dinner, delighting all who approached the yacht 
by the benevolence that beamed on his countenance, and 
the frank and affable manner in which he returned their 
rough but sincere salutations. Among the boats that 
visited his Majesty, was the Duke of Northumberland 
steam-boat, tilled with ladies and gentlemen, to whom 
the King most graciously bowed ; and a bottle of claret 
was thrown into them from the Royal George. With 
this they drank his Majesty's health ; and so highly 
prized was the bottle itself, that one gentleman on board 
offered a guinea for it to the master of the boat, who 
declared, that he considered it invaluable, and for no 
consideration would part with it. His Majesty was 
dressed in a blue coat, lined with yellow, with a large 
blue military cloak lined with white, having a large blue 
flowing cape, blue pantaloons and boots ; and on his 
head a travelling cap, with an oil-skin cover, 



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Unhappily, the next visitor of his Majesty, in the dis- 
charge of his duty, occasioned very different feelings. 

About six o'clock, Mr Secretary Peel arrived on 
board, and announced to his Majesty the melancholy in- 
telligence of the death of the Marquis of Londonderry. 
His Majesty and Mr Peel remained closeted for about 
an hour. 

Before dinner, two noblemen received on deck, from 
the King's own hand, each a glass of wine ; and, after 
drinking the wine, they asked and obtained his Majesty's 
permission to retain the glasses. 

Sir Walter Scott and Sir William Curtis had the dis- 
tinguished honour of dining with his Majesty on board ; 
the former sitting on his right hand, the other on his 
left. Sir Walter had on the Windsor uniform, a blue 
coat, with red cuffs and collar, and white trowsers. 

His Majesty, we are most happy to say, though he 
encountered much rough weather on his voyage, endured 
no sea sickness ; and all along enjoyed good health and 
spirits. 

In the evening after his Majesty*^ arrival, an Edin- 
burgh Gazette Extraordinary was published, to which 
we have already had occasion to advert, announcing 
that his Majesty, having been pleased to fix the hour of 
twelve oVlock the following day for his landing at 
Leith, the procession formerly ordered in the Edinburgh 
Gazette Extraordinary of 10th August, would be ready 
to move off from Queen Street at ten o'clock. It was to 
proceed in the order formerly prescribed, with certain 
specified alterations, one of which was, that the attendance 
of Peers was not expected. 

In the evening the immense bonfire on the top of 
Arthur's Seat was set fire to ; and, though dimmed by 
the rain, its dark-red glow, amidst the clouds and dark- 
ness that enveloped it, and, seen through which, it ap- 
peared at an immeasurable height, had an astonishingly 
grand effect. A large crown on the top of the gas-house 
chimney, illuminated with gas, presented a no less strik- 
ing appearance to the citizens. The shaft of masonry 
on which it rested was rendered invisible by the humidi- 
ty of the atmosphere ; so that, when viewed at a distance 



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from the east, the crown looked like a splendid meteor 
suspended in the firmament. In the theatre " God save 
the King" was loudly called for, and was given, after the 
play, by the whole dramatic corps, the audience standing 
and. joining in it. 



CHAP. III. 



On the morning of the 15th it ceased to rain ; and our 
revered Monarch, as he ascended the deck, beheld the 
Scottish capital, with its towers and palaces, basking in 
the rays of an autumnal sun, and the surrounding country 
spread out before him in all its loveliness. The frith 
was covered with innumerable boats and vessels, in their 
gaudiest apparel ; and from many of them arose the 
strains of the bagpipe, which floated over the waters, 
and were heard in the distance, wild, yet pensive, like 
the voice of Scotland's Genius, welcoming her Sovereign 
to her hospitable shores. What were the emotions of 
the King when he beheld this glorious scene ;— when he 
contemplated the abodes of his illustrious ancestors; — 
when he looked around, and saw the distant Gram- 
pians, — Dunfermline, where all that was perishable of 
the great Bruce slumbers in dust, — and scenes innumer- 
able, consecrated in the hearts of the patriot and the 
scholar ! It is not difficult to imagine what were the 
feelings which the contemplation of such a scene must 
have conjured up in the generous breast of his Majesty. 
Certain it is, that he caught the spirit of the country, as 
if by " soft infection ;" for, doffing his ordinary suit, he 
equipped himself in the Highland garb;* and, conscious 



* Two complete Highland dresses, including coat, kilt, hose, 
bonnet, &c. of the royal Stuart tartan, were made for the King by 
Mr George Hunter, Prince's Street, his Majesty's clothier and 
mercer. The finer suit was intended for the drawing-room to be 
held, the other for the levees. 



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now that he was " every inch" a Scottish King, appeared 
most ardently animated.* 

In the city of Edinburgh all was joy and breathless 
expectation. Its inhabitants were about to witness a 
scene the most grand and impressive, the most grateful 
to their feelings of any recorded in their annals ; — a 
scene surpassing every triumph of ancient or modern 
times ; — a scene which imperial Rome herself could never 
have exhibited. They felt, that they were about to receive 
within their walls the greatest potentate upon earth, — 
their own Sovereign, — a prince as beloved as he is 
powerful, — who came among them to make a tender 
of his love, in return for their tried fidelity and courage; 
and that this reception was to be conducted under 
circumstances of such umparallelled splendour as would 
exalt the character of their country, and for ever stifle in 
its own falsehood the reproach of parsimony and cal- 
culating selfishness which ignorance had delighted to cast 
upon it. We speak not in the spirit of exaggeration; 
for, after revolving every circumstance in our minds, — 
the immense multitudes collected, the magnificence of the 
preparations, the joy that was everywhere visible, the 
picturesque beauty of the ground, and, above all, the 
occasion, so deeply interesting to a people, national 
above all others in their feelings, — we venture to assert, 
that there never was exhibited a scene combining greater 
solemnity and grandeur. 

The different military corps, and other bodies, which 
were to form the royal procession, being assembled about 
nine o'clock in Queen Street, and marshalled in the fol- 
lowing order, proceeded to Leith about eleven o'clock, 
the Celtic Society and each band of Highlanders, armed 



* A distinguished officer, who has signalized himself in his 
country's service, was shortly afterwards introduced to his Majesty ; 
when the King, with that good-natured vivacity that belongs to 
him, addressed the veteran, — " Ah, Sir ! what have you been 
about, your eyes look so red ? I suspect you have been making free 
with the Glenlivet" This is well known in Scotland as a peculi- 
arly fine species of whisky, made at Glenlivet, in the Highlands. 



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with swords and bucklers, marching to their own 
music. 

A squadron of the Mid Lothian Cavalry, commanded 
by Sir John Hope. 

About eighty of the Celtic Society, in the Highland 
costume, and under the command of General Graham 
Stirling. 

The Lord High Constable (the Earl of Errol). His 
Lordship was disappointed of his proper robes of office, 
in consequence of the shortness of the time allowed for 
preparations, and appeared habited in the regimentals of 
the Royal Lancers, in which gallant corps his Lordship 
is lieutenant. He carried his batoon of office. He was 
attended by 

Six Constable Esquires mounted. Their dress was 
splendid : they had short Spanish cloaks of purple edged 
with gold ; Spanish hats of black velvet, looped up with 
gold, and adorned with white plumes ; their under-dress 
was white and gold ; and they wore the usual brown 
boots with gold tassels. 

Six Constable Yeomen on foot, and a large train of 
Footmen, in white liveries and black velvet caps. 

The train of the Lord High Constable, the first sub- 
ject in Scotland, was one of the best arrayed in the whole 
procession, and made a very imposing appearance. 

Lord Lyon King at Arms (the Earl of Kinnoull), re- 
presented by his interim depute, George Tait, Esq. fol- 
lowed the High Constable. The King at Arms was 
superbly dressed in his magnificent tabard, over a mantle 
of crimson velvet, decorated with the various devices of 
his office, worked in gold, the train hanging over the 
horse, and almost concealing it. On his head he wore 
the crown which distinguishes the King at Arms. It was 
of crimson velvet, with a cincture of gold ornamented 
with the strawberry leaf. The top was adorned with a 
superb tassel of gold. On either side of him was a groom 
on foot, in white livery faced with crimson, and wearing 
crimson caps. Beyond the grooms, to support Lord 
Lyon, rode two Heralds, — Marchmont (Mr Small) and 
Islay (Mr Cook). They were dressed in their appro- 
priate tabards. 



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The White Rod (Sir Patrick Walker) followed the 
Lyon King, and wore the superb jacket of crimson and 
gold which he had used at the coronation, but which was 
concealed, in a great measure, by a splendid mantle of 
white satin, lined throughout with crimson, and fastened 
with a cord of gold and crimson. His lower vestments 
were of crimson, and he had on brown boots adorned 
with gold tassels and fringe, and a black velvet Spanish 
cap looped with gold, and with a black feather. His 
horse was almost covered with a scarlet shabrach edged 
with white lace, and adorned at the corners with silver 
thistles. The bridle was of white satin, with crimson 
rosettes. On each side of him rode assistants in plain 
blue surtouts, lined with white silk, and having white 
silk sashes edged with gold ruffs, Spanish caps, and 
brown boots, blue saddlecloths with white edging, and 
white rosettes on the bridles, and white reins. 

Four trumpeters on foot came next, dressed in scarlet, 
and with gold laced hats, their trumpets having blue 
and white banners. A small party of Highlanders on 
foot, two heralds in their appropriate tabards mounted. 

The carriages of officers of state — Lord Clerk Regis- 
ter — Lord Advocate, and Lord Justice Clerk, in their 
robes. Sir Walter Scott was in one of these carriages. 
Two state trumpeters. 

Chief judges of the supreme courts, not being offi- 
cers of state. Lord President, Lord Chief Baron, 
and Lord Chief Commissioner, in their robes. A divi- 
sion of Highlanders. 

The Lord Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian, the Marquis 
of Lothian, in the uniform of a brigadier-general, de- 
corated with the order of the thistle. 

Deputy-lieutenants dressed in green coats, mounted. 
Their under dress was buff: they wore cocked hats and 
swords. 

Sheriff Duff. His dress was blue, with a white under- 
dress and military cocked hat. His attendants were 
dressed in blue, with a silver thistle on the cape ; they 
wore red waistcoats and white lower habits. The She- 
riff and his party were all mounted. 



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Sir Evan Macgregor, in his proper Highland tartan, 
with his tail,* banner, and pipers. 

The Knight Marischal (Sir Alexander Keith) dressed 
in a scarlet frock coat, laced with gold, and having a 
white under-dress. The Knight MarischaFs horse was 
richly adorned with caparisons ; it was a small shewy 
black horse. A great attendance of grooms and ser- 
vants, some mounted, some on foot. The Marischal 
Esquires had on scarlet cloaks, and the Marischal Yeo- 
men brown surtouts. 

A Celtic guard under the orders of Colonel Stuart 
followed ; then came a division of the Greys ; the band 
of the 13th regiment of the line — the Edinburgh troop 
of yeomanry, followed by their trumpeters, completed the 
procession. 

The procession halted in St Bernard Street, to await 
the arrival of the King. Here it was joined about eleven 
o'clock by the royal carriage, which was guarded by the 
Glengary Highlanders, consisting of twelve gentlemen 
with their cearnachs, under the command of Colonel 
Ronaldson Macdonell of Glengary and Clanronald. 
These kept close to the royal carriage, which was drawn 
up at the end of the lower drawbridge, until his Ma- 
jesty had entered it, after which they occupied the sta- 
tion appointed them in the procession, next to the royal 
company of archers. 

The Lord President, the Lord Justice Clerk, (at- 
tended by the macers of their respective courts), the 
Lord Clerk Register, the Lord Advocate, Sheriff Duff, 
Sir Walter Scott, and other distinguished individuals, 
withdrew into the rooms of Mr Reid, bookseller, which 
overlooks the place of landing, until the arrival of his 
Majesty. The Lord High Constable found accommo- 
dation provided for himself and his retinue in the ele- 
gant Exchange buildings. 

The arrangements at Leith, we have already observ- 

* The followers of a Highland chieftain are ludicrously, but 
significantly, called his tail. When attended by them, he is said 
to have his tail on. 



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ed, were upon the most extensive scale ; and, by the un- 
exampled assiduity of the Magistrates, and the co-oper- 
ation of a number of the most respectable inhabitants,* 
were completed by eleven o'clock. 

The trades of Leith, each under its own deacon, and 
the whole headed by their convener, bearing their re- 
spective banners, and each individual with a white rod, 
and mostly dressed in blue coats, white vests and trowsers, 
with the national emblem of St Andrew's Cross mounted 
on their hats, were arranged along St Bernard and Consti- 
tution Street, in the following order : 

Bernard Street, South side. — I. From the triumphal 
arch to Quality Street, — the incorporation of shipmasters. 

II. From Quality Street to Charlotte Street, — the dif- 
ferent incorporations of trades, joined by the society of 
St Crispin. 

III. From Charlotte Street to Coatfield Lane, — the 
incorporation of carters. 

IV. From Coatfield Lane to Leith Walk, — the so- 
ciety of carpenters, cork-cutters, in the order here men- 
tioned, and other tradesmen not named. 

Bernard Street, North side. — I. From the triumphal 
arch to the corner of Mr Scarth's house, — the incorpo- 
ration of Maltmen. 

II. From Charlotte-street to the Links lane, — the 
Incorporation of Porters and the different Societies. 

III. From the Links lane to Leith Walk, — Rope- 
makers and other tradesmen ; Ropemakers on the right. 

In St Bernard Street, in front of the Exchange, were 
drawn up the Merchant Company of Leith, serving 
as high constables, all dressed in blue coats, white vests 
and trowsers, with the St Andrew's Cross on their hats, 
and carrying elegant batoons. 



* Among these gentlemen was Mr Scarth, moderator of the con- 
stables, who particularly distinguished himself by his zealous exer- 
tion. We understand, that the triumphal arch in St Bernard 
Street was designed by Mr Scarth ; and the one in Constitution 
Street by Bailie Reoch. 



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The south side of the quay was lined by constables 
of South Leith, dressed in the uniform that has just 
been described. A detachment of the Scots Greys 
guarded the upper end of the drawbridge ; and a de- 
tachment of yeomanry was stationed towards the pier. 
The platform on which the King would land was lined 
by his body guard, the archers, commanded by the Earl 
of Elgin. The North British staff, headed by Sir Tho- 
mas Bradford, commander in-chief, occupied the space 
in front of Mr Reid's shop. 

Upon the north shore, the Excise quay was occupied 
by the Magistrates of Canongate, (the superiors of North 
Leith), William Tullis and John Rae, Esqrs., and their 
Treasurer and Town-clerk, in their robes of office ; and 
the trades of Canongate, headed by their Convener, in 
his robes of office, &c. with their standards, and a band 
of music belonging to the burgh. At the end of the Ex- 
cise Office, a large scaffold was erected, which was occu- 
pied by an assemblage of elegantly-dressed females. At 
the north end of the scaffold a flag-staff was erected, 
from which a flag was displayed, bearing the crown, en- 
circled by thistles, with the motto, " Welcome ! In our 
hearts you reign Sovereign/' At the bottom of the staff 
a balcony was formed, raised above fifteen feet from the 
ground, which was occupied by beautiful children. The 
shore, on that side, was lined by the constables of 
Canongate and North Leith. 

The scaffold on the drawbridge was filled with the beau- 
ty and fashion of Leith ; and the seats along the pier com- 
pletely occupied by spectators. Every window, and every 
house-top that afforded a tenable position, and the shrouds 
of the vessels in the docks, were crowded to excess. Above 
the bridge five smacks were drawn up abreast of each 
other, their cross-jack yards and cross-trees manned by 
sailors in new jackets and white trowsers, presenting the 
appearance of so many pyramids of men. 

So great was the disposition to accommodate the pub- 
lic generally, on the part of the authorities of Leith, that 
the most convenient situations were procured by them 

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for a number of eminent artists, both of London and 
Edinburgh, who were present to take sketches of his 
Majesty's landing. 

From the city barrier on Leith Walk to Picardy Place, 
the Constables of the city of Edinburgh were stationed, 
with Mr Sawers, their Moderator, at their head. To 
these gentlemen the greatest praise is due, for the accom- 
modating manner in which they deported themselves. 

The whole line of procession, from the place of land* 
ing to the Palace, was guarded by parties of the Scots 
Greys and Yeomanry. 

Never on any occasion was greater order observed than 
by the immense multitude who stood wedged together 
upon the streets. The most profound silence reigned 
throughout ; and it seemed as if each individual of the 
vast assemblage was guarding himself by reflection 
against any unconscious violation of propriety or de- 
corum. 

The Magistrates of Leith, viz. William Child, Esq., 
Port Admiral ; Bailie M'Fie, senior resident Magistrate, 
and Bailies Reoch and Newton, in their robes of office, 
accompanied by their Assessor, Town Clerk, and Pro- 
curator-fiscal, were stationed on the platform, to be in 
readiness to receive his Majesty upon his landing. 

At eleven o'clock the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and 
Town Council of the city of Edinburgh, in their robes 
of office, left the Council-chamber, preceded by their 
officers, in the following order : — 

The Lord Provost, the Right Hon. W. Arbuthnot, 
in his magnificent state carriage, with splendid liveries, 
drawn by six horses, attended by two mace-bearers, with 
their ensigns of office. 

The City Chamberlain, John Turnbull, Esq. in a 
carriage, bearing, upon a purple velvet cushion, the 
silver keys of the city, accompanied by Charles Cun- 
ingham and Charles Bell, Esqrs. the City Clerks. 

The first and second Bailies, Alexander Henderson 
and Thomas Blackwood, Esqrs. in a carriage. 

The third Bailie, John Lyall, Esq., and the old Bailie, 
Alexander Anderson, Esq. (in place of the fourtli Bailie, 



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John Smith, Esq. who was prevented by indisposition 
from attending,) in a carriage. 

The Lord Dean of Guild, Robert Anderson, Esq. 
and the Treasurer, Andrew Dickson, Esq. in a carriage. 

The remaining three old Bailies, Kenneth Mackenzie, 
William Child, and William Waddel, Esqrs. in two 
carriages. 

Three Merchant Councillors, the Deacon Convener, 
two Trades Councillors, and the Ordinary Deacons, fol- 
lowed in other carriages. 

The cavalcade, which was most imposing, upon leav- 
ing the High Street, proceeded by the North Bridge, 
Leith Street, Catherine Street, Greenside Place, and 
alighted at the house of Archibald Craufuird, Esq. in 
Picardy Place, where they awaited the arrival of the 
procession at the city barrier. 

A few minutes before twelve o'clock, a gun from the 
Royal George announced that the King had entered 
his barge. The moment the signal was heard, a shout 
was raised by the thousands assembled upon shore, the 
effect of which was indescribably striking. The roar of 
the cannon from the ships and the battery, which saluted 
the King, and the combined voices of the multitude, 
seemed as if contending for the mastery ; while this joy- 
ful tumult of sounds was rendered still more impressively 
grand, by the profound stillness that prevailed in the 
back-ground. His Majesty was accompanied in his 
barge by the Marquis of Conyngham ; Lord Graves ; 
Sir Charles Paget, Commodore ; Mr Russel, Flag 
Lieutenant ; and Mr Tucker, Midshipman ; and was 
rowed by sixteen men, dressed in blue frocks and black 
velvet caps, Sir Charles Paget serving as helmsman. 
The royal barge was preceded by the barge of the 
Admiral on the station, and followed by the captains of 
all the King's vessels in the roads, in their respective 
barges, according to seniority. An immense number of 
private boats, gaily trimmed, formed the rear of this 
grand aquatic procession, which advanced with a velocity 
almost equal to the impatience of the delighted spectators. 
When at some distance from the shore, his Majesty was 
saluted by Mr Kent, who was walking upon the water, 

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to whom his Majesty bowed. So soon as the royal barge 
came within hail of the pier, the royal standard was 
hoisted on the Light-house; and an immense cheer, ac- 
companied by the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, 
burst from the multitude. The noise at once subsided 
into a perfect calm, as if the breathless interest of the 
people, — the palpitation which they endured to a degree 
now almost painful, had for the instant choked all 
power of utterance. 

The royal barge now passed the pier-head, where 
three young men, the sons of gentlemen in Leith, struck 
up some national airs on the great Scots bagpipe ; which, 
mixing with the rapturous shouts that now ascended 
from every quarter, gave a national tone to those de- 
monstrations of welcome and joy that seemed to have de- 
lighted his Majesty, who bowed without intermission to 
the spectators upon the pier. As the barge advanced 
on a line with the Custom-house, the band belonging 
to the burgh of Canongate struck up " God save the 
King ;" while the Magistrates of Canongate, the deacons 
and trades, advanced and lowered their standards ; the 
children who were in the balcony testifying their joy, 
at the same time, by the waving of handkerchiefs, and 
their loud and shrill acclamations. His Majesty noticed 
the dutiful homage of the Canongate authorities and 
corporations, to whom, and to his youthful subjects in 
the balcony, he graciously bowed. When his Majesty 
advanced to the landing-place, three distinct, well-timed 
cheers were given by the tars who manned the smacks 
abreast of the bridge ; which was followed up by the 
universal shouts of all upon the shore, — shouts the most 
hearty and prolonged that ever greeted the ears of a 
monarch. Hats and handkerchiefs now waved in such 
profusion from the ships, windows, and scaffoldings, that 
those who used them may almost literally be said to have 
shouted in the shade. His Majesty appeared most sen- 
sibly to feel the affectionate greetings of his subjects, 
and repeatedly took off his hat and bowed on all sides. 
A profound silence again succeeded to the acclamations 
of the multitude. At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, 
his Majesty, who was dressed in an admiral's uniform, 



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with a thistte and a sprig of heath in his hat, and 
the St Andrew's cross, presented to him in the name 
of the ladies of Edinburgh, upon his breast, was along- 
side the landing-place, where the Port Admiral and 
Magistrates of Leith, the Lord Provost, the Lord 
Justice Clerk, the Lord Chief Baron, the Lord Clerk 
Register, the Lord Advocate, Sir Thomas Bradford, 
Sir Walter Scott, and other distinguished persons, were 
stationed to receive him. 

The Marquis of Lothian, Lord Lieutenant of the 
County, accompanied by the Marquis of Winchester, 
Groom of the Stole, Lord Charles Bentinck, Treasurer 
of the Household, and two naval officers, descended 
from the platform to receive his Majesty. The Mar- 
quis of Lothian and Sir Charles Bentinck assisted his 
Majesty to step out of the launch upon the raft, where 
both these noblemen did homage, and the former had 
the honour of kissing his Majesty"^ hand. The King- 
then ascended the gangway with great alacrity, leaning 
slightly on the Marquisses of Lothian and Conyngham, 
and was received on the platform by the Lord Clerk 
Register, who made his obeisance. The shouts of the mul- 
titude, the roaring of artillery, and the warlike notes of 
the trumpet, now announced the landing of King George 
IV. upon Scottish ground. The Port Admiral and 
Magistrates of Leith advanced to his Majesty; and, after 
the usual reverences, Bailie M'Fie, the senior resident 
Magistrate, in name of the Magistrates and inhabitants 
of Leith, congratulated him upon his auspicious arrival 
in his ancient kingdom of Scotland. The King smiled 
in the most gracious manner, and condescended to ex- 
press his entire satisfaction with the arrangements that 
had been made for his landing. He then shook hands 
with Bailie M'Fie, and several persons of distinction 
upon the scaffold. 

The King having received the congratulations and 
homage of the assembled noblemen and gentlemen, which 
he most graciously and condescendingly acknowledged, 
proceeded with a firm and dignified step along the plat- 
form, atended on the right by the Port Admiral and 
senior resident Magistrate of Leith, flowers being strew- 



1.01 

ed before his Majesty to the royal carriage. On his 
way, he recognized the Earl of Elgin, among the 
archers who lined the platform, whom he condescend- 
ingly shook by the hand. He then entered his carriage, 
accompanied by the Duke of Dorset and the Marquis 
of Winchester. It would be utterly impossible to de- 
scribe the enthusiastic acclamations which burst forth 
at this moment from all ranks, and they appeared to give 
the greatest satisfaction to the King. 

After his Majesty was seated in his carriage, Glengary, 
on horseback, forced his way through every obstacle, 
and, advancing close to the royal carriage, exclaimed, 
" Your Majesty is welcome to Scotland ;" a salutation 
which was returned by a most gracious bow from the 
King. 

After the King had rested a few minutes in his car- 
riage, which was an open landau, hung very low, and 
drawn by eight beautiful bays, the drivers being in state 
liveries, the procession moved slowly towards Edinburgh 
in the following order : — 

Three trumpeters Mid Lothian yeomanry cavalry. 

Squadron Mid Lothian yeomanry. 

Two Highland pipers. 

Captain Campbell, and Tail of Breadalbane. 

Squadron Scots Greys. 

Two Highland Pipers. 

Colonel Stewart of Garth and Celtic Club. 

Sir Evan M'Gregor mounted on horseback, and Tail of 

M'Gregor. 

Two Equerries on horseback. 

Sir Alexander Keith, Knight Marischal, on a black horse. 

Pages and grooms. 

Sheriff mounted. 

Sheriff officers. 

Deputy Lieutenants, in green coats, mounted. 

Two pipers. 

General Graham Stirling and Tail. 

Barons of Exchequer. 

Lord Clerk Register. 

Lords of Justiciary and Session, in carriages. 



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Marquis of Lothian, Lord Lieutenant, mounted. 

Two Heralds, mounted. 

Glengary mounted, and grooms. 

Young Glengary and two supporters — Tail. 

Four Herald Trumpeters. 

White Rod, mounted, and equerries. 

Lord Lyon Depute, mounted, and grooms. 

Earl of Errol, Lord High Constable, mounted. 

Two Heralds mounted. 

Squadron Scots Greys. 

Royal Carriage and Six, in which were, the Marquis of 

Graham, Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord G. Beresford, 

Comptroller of the Household ; Lord C. Ben- 

tinck, Treasurer of the Household ; Sir 

R. H. Vivian, Equerry to the King ; 

and two others of his Majesty's 

suite. 

Ten Royal Footmen, two and two. 

Sixteen Yeomen, two and two. 

g « THE KING, attended by the Duke of J> O 

g j3 Dorset, Master of the Horse, and 

S £ the Marquis of Winchester, ?f g 

Q < Groom of the Stole. ? § 

Sir Thomas Bradford and Staff. 

Squadron Greys. 

Three Clans of Highlanders and Banners. 

Two Squadrons of Mid Lothian Yeomanry. 

Grenadiers of 77th regiment. 

Two Squadrons Third Dragoon Guards. 

Band, and Greys. 

In the rear of the procession a plain carriage followed, 
containing a number of persons attached to his Majesty's 
suite. 

In the rear we observed, in carriages, a number 
of noblemen, who were present to greet his Majesty; 
among whom were the Dukes of Hamilton, Argyll, 
Atholl, Montrose, Roxburgh, and Buccleuch ; the 
Marquisses of Queensberry, Tweeddale, and Graham ; 
the Earls of Caithness, Lauderdale, Breadalbane, Elgin, 
Moray, Home, Hopetoun, Morton, Eglinton, Cassilis, 



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Aboyne, Kellie, Northesk, Balcarras, Aberdeen, Rose- 
bery, Glasgow, Wemyss, Leven, Wilton, and Fife ; 
Viscounts Arbuthnot, Dunblane, Maitland, and Mon- 
tagu ; Barons Forbes, Aylraore, Gray, Cathcart, Sal- 
toun, St Clair, Blantyre, Reay, Elibank, and Belhaven ; 
Lords Binning, Strathaven, Glenorchie, R. Kerr, F. 
Levison Gower, Elcho, Kelburn, and John Scott. 

It is impossible to do justice to the admirable judg- 
ment displayed in the grouping of the different bodies 
composing this royal procession, the combined effect of 
whose rich and varied costume was in the highest degree 
striking, and powerfully interesting to popular feeling. 
The magnificence of the spectacle | can be imagined by 
those only (and by them but faintly, unless they had seen 
it) to whom the localities of Edinburgh are familiar, — who 
know the adaptation of Leith Walk and the streets of the 
city to grand display, and the romantic appearance of its 
neighbourhood. Along the whole of Leith Walk ap- 
peared masses of well-dressed people of both sexes, ele- 
vated upon wooden galleries, which were adorned with 
flags and flowers, and many of them with graphical allu- 
sions to the great occasion. On the broad foot-path was 
an immense crowd, all of them respectable in their ap- 
pearance, condensed by the great pressure, but yet, such 
was the admirable order observed, moving forward with 
scarcely any perceptible inconvenience. The windows, 
as well as the front of the scaffolding, were thronged 
with beautiful females ; and, in advance, at the summit 
of the Walk, appeared the massive and magnificent 
houses of the New Town, their windows, and even 
their tops, completely peopled. On the south rose Ar- 
thur's Seat, from the summit of which, as from an 
expiring volcano, still continued to ascend huge volumes 
of smoke, swallowed up at times in sudden flashes of 
fire. In the same direction was Salisbury Crags, its 
ridge bristling with artillery, and formidable with all the 
apparatus of war. On the west, the Calton Hill was co- 
vered by an incalculable multitude, who hung upon its 
sides like a dense cloud, all pregnant with joy, loyalty, 
and patriotism, and impatient to discharge those generous 
feelings in acclamations upon their coming Sovereign, 



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whose countenance, as he advanced, expanded more and 
more into an expression of delight and affection. 

The King, as he approached his ancient city, was 
welcomed, not by cheers, but by one running cheer along 
the whole line of procession from Leith to his palace. 
By means of the scaffolding, the spectators along Leith 
Walk were, in a great measure, divided into distinct but 
contiguous masses. By each mass, as the King proceeded, 
he was saluted by a loud and cordial cheer, which, sub- 
siding as he passed, was taken up by those next in ad- 
vance, and thus was continued until the King was with- 
drawn from the view of his subjects. The waving of hats 
and handkerchiefs that accompanied the cheering contri- 
buted greatly to the imposing effect of the scene. 

The King was evidently much moved by these demon- 
strations of affection to his sacred person. Along the 
whole road he frequently raised his hat and bowed to the 
people, whom he regarded with fixed attention. Occa- 
sionally he addressed his conversation to the Earl of 
Elgin, Ensign-General, and the Honourable General 
Duff, Brigadier-General of the Archers, who marched 
alongside of his carriage. The mottos on the triumphal 
arches at Leith, and upon the different flags along the 
road, arrested the eye of his Majesty. Upon the toll- 
house was an elegant crown, and beneath it the words, 
" Descendant of the immortal Bruce, thrice welcome !" 
which the King perused with marked emotion. 

As the procession advanced towards the city, the Lord 
Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh 
proceeded from the house of Mr Craufuird to the barrier, 
(from which was suspended a variety of flags ;) and 
immediately ordered the gates to be shut, and then 
took up their station upon a platform provided for their 
accommodation. In about ten minutes after, the Depute 
Lyon King at Arms and the Usher of the White Rod, 
preceded by two Hiralds, gallopped up to the gate; and, 
after a flourish of trumpets, the Usher of the White Rod 
knocked three times at the gate, which was answered by 
the City Officer, to whom it was communicated, that his 
Majesty desired to visit his ancient city of Edinburgh. 
An answer was made by the Chamberlain, that the gates 
would be opened to his Majesty, which was immediately 



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done ; when the Depute Lyon King at Arms and Usher 
of the White Rod, along with the Heralds, returned 
with the answer, and took their places in the procession. 
Upon his Majesty's carriage coming within the bar- 
rier, it was drawn up, when the Lord Provost, followed 
by the Magistracy, approached near to the south side of 
the royal carriage ; and, after they had made their obei- 
sances, his Majesty stood up uncovered, and leaned 
towards the Lord Provost, who, holding the cushion on 
which the keys of the city were placed, addressed his 
Majesty thus : — 

6< May it please youe Majesty, 
" We, your Majesty's most faithful and dutiful sub- 
jects, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council 
of Edinburgh, animated with the warmest feelings of at- 
tachment to your Majesty's sacred person and govern- 
ment, have embraced the earliest moment of approaching 
your royal presence, for the purpose of congratulating 
your Majesty on your safe arrival in your ancient here- 
ditary kingdom of Scotland, and of offering for your 
gracious acceptance the keys of your Majesty's good 
town of Edinburgh. This dutiful ceremony, Sire, does 
not, as in former times, represent the direct command of 
gates and fortifications, these having been long since 
rendered unnecessary by the internal peace and happi- 
ness which Edinburgh has enjoyed under the mild and 
paternal government of your Majesty, and your Majesty's 
father, of happy memory. This ceremony now implies, 
that we place, with loyal devotion, at the disposal of 
your Majesty, the hearts and persons of our fellow- 
citizens, and bid your Majesty a heartfelt welcome to this 
metropolis, so long the residence of your royal ancestors." 

His Majesty, dropping the keys upon the cushion, 
replied, — • 

" My Lord Provost, 
" I return you these keys, being perfectly convinced 
that they cannot be placed in better hands than in those 
of the Lord Provost and Magistrates of my good city of 
Edinburgh." 



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The Lord Provost and Magistrates then returned to 
their carriages, and took their appointed places in the 
procession, as had been arranged, immediately after the 
Lord Lieutenant of the county, and preceded by their 
officers. Loud cheers from the immense assemblage 
collected around the barrier followed this ceremony, by 
which the King was formally received within his ancient 
city. 

The royal carriage, at the conclusion of the ceremony, 
moved slowly forward about fifty yards, to the point at 
the end of Picardy Place, where Leith Street on the 
left, and York Place on the right, are distinctly seen. 
The magnitude of the buildings, — the rising ground in 
front, appearing like a huge amphitheatre divided into 
sections, crowded by a well-dressed multitude, and re- 
sounding with their acclamations, — the splendour of the 
windows, occupied by our fair countrywomen, — and the 
waving of their handkerchiefs, — altogether had such an 
effect, that his Majesty held up his hands, and looked 
around, as if with joy and wonder. His attention at 
this spot seemed to be particularly drawn to a balcony 
in front of the turret-like house which, on the east, 
flanks the south side of Picardy Place. This balcony 
was occupied by a number of beautiful females, whom 
the occupier of the house, Mr George Spence, linen- 
draper, had kindly accommodated with seats. The King 
seemed delighted with the loyal demonstrations of this fair 
bevy, to whom he most graciously bowed. Advancing 
into Picardy Place, the King was struck with the magni- 
ficent preparations in front of Mr James Gibson's house 
and Mr James Harvey's for the ensuing illumination. The 
words, " Welcome to the Land of your Ancestors!" on 
one of Mr Harvey's transparencies, particularly affected 
his Majesty, who condescendingly bowed thrice to the 
ladies at the windows. In the same street, the ecstasies 
of a beautiful married lady in one of the high balconies 
attracted the royal regard, and were acknowledged by a 
bow and a smile. 

The procession advanced along Picardy Place, York 
Place, and North and South St Andrew's Street. As 
the royal carriage entered St Andrew's Square, a differ- 



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ent scene, but one of equally unique character, presented 
itself. The noble square, adorned by so many proofs of 
wealth and taste ; the Melville Monument, standing in 
the centre in solitary grandeur ; the magnificent vista on 
the right, formed by George Street, and terminated by 
the lofty dome of St George's Church ; and in front the 
smoky piles of the Old Town, towering in irregular 
majesty; — the whole of this scene was beheld by the 
King, who withdrew his eyes from it only to return 
the salutations of his loyal subjects. 

On reaching Prince's Street, a new scene presented 
itself — in front, the old town, overlooking, with proud 
and lofty crest, the more regular, but less romantic 
avenues of its modern accessary ; the Castle (which, 
as his face was from it, was pointed out to his Ma- 
jesty by one of his attendants) rearing her ancient 
battlements to the skies; and, in front, the noble build- 
ings in Waterloo Place, — the precipitous front of the 
Calton, supporting Nelson's pillar, around which was 
clustered a new multitude, preserving an attitude as firm 
as the rock on which they stood, — such a scene, which 
might have subdued the indifference of a stoic, and 
inspired him with sensations of delight and astonish- 
ment, burst at once upon our , monarch, who exclaimed, 
" How superb !" As he approached the hill, his feelings 
were so overpowered, that he waved his hat to the crowd 
upon the summit, who rent the air with their acclama- 
tions. His Majesty was yet to witness another scene 
which, though neither of art nor inanimate nature, was 
more sublime than is to be found in the region of either. 
As his carriage winded round the Calton Hill, and while 
looking down, with emotions which may well be con- 
ceived, upon the gilded spires of the palace of his an- 
cestors, a shout was raised so loud and so prolonged, 
that his Majesty, withdrawing his eyes from an object of 
such solemn contemplation, looked to the left, and be- 
held high above him, on the side of the hill, which 
hitherto had been concealed from his view, thousands 
and thousands of hats waved in the air by a solid mass 
of people, whose numbers defied all power of calcula- 
tion. His Majesty recoiled, if we may use the term, with 



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wonder from the sight, but instantly looked up again, 
and betrayed in his countenance the deepest emotion. 
This was by far the most picturesque and most national 
feature in the whole spectacle, and one which seemed 
most to interest his Majesty, who gave indulgence to his 
feelings by the unreserved and gracious returns which he 
made to the acclamations of the people. At this stage 
of the procession " God save the King" was sung by the 
people, the sound of which was soon drowned in the 
cheers of the more advanced multitude. 

The procession now descended the Abbey-Hill, and 
in a few minutes was in front of the palace. Here 
were stationed the flank companies of the regiments 
in the Castle, and the Sutherland Highlanders ; and 
within the grand entrance was stationed a squadron 
of Celts. The staircase was guarded by the beef -eaters. 
At the head of the staircase were stationed five archers 
with their bows upright ; and leading from the staircase 
into the royal closet were seven archers,* and two of the 
royal pages. When his Majesty arrived in front of the 
palace, he was saluted by the whole military and High- 
landers assembled ; and " God save the King" was struck 
up by their bands of music. But the procession was not 



* The officers of the archers on duty, on the day of the King's 
landing, were: — 

At the place of landing, 
The Earl of Elgin, Ensign-general. 
Honourable General Duff, Brigadier-general. 
Sir Alexander Don, Brigadier-general. 
John Russel, Esq. Adjutant. 
The officers on duty at the palace were, 

The Earl of Hopetoun, Captain-general. 
Sir George Mackenzie, ") 

Sir David Milne, 

Lieutenant-general Sir John Hope, 
Dr Thomas Spens, 
Sir John Pringle, y Brigadier-generals. 

Sir David Hunter Blair, 
Sir Evan Macgregor Murray, 
Henry Jardine, Esq. 
Honourable General John Leslie dimming, 

Major Norman Pringle, Adjutant. 
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yet completed. An act remained to be performed, which 
was watched with the deepest anxiety by the thousands 
assembled on the Calton and the adjoining eminences. 
They seemed to consider the entrance of his Majesty 
within the palace as completing the solemn inauguration 
of him as King of Scotland, — as the actual revival, under 
a modified form, of the Scottish monarchy, — and an open 
recognition of all their public rights. The moment that 
the King was within the porch, a deafening shout of tri- 
umph ascended from the multitude, which was responded 
to by a royal salute fired from the guns of the Castle 
and on the Crags, on both of which waved proudly the 
royal banner. 

It would be difficult to determine, whether the recep- 
tion which his Majesty met with from his Scottish sub- 
jects was more flattering to the King, or honourable to 
the people. This, we may say, that the nation never 
before acquired such ample glory, not even in the field 
of danger, as it did this day, by the admirable conduct dis- 
played by the immense multitudes present. We speak not 
of their demonstrations of loyalty. The loyalty of the 
people of Edinburgh, comprehending all classes, is as un- 
questionable, upon just grounds, as it is unquestioned, 
excepting by a few, perhaps, who speak and write from 
sheer ignorance, or in the base spirit of malignity and 
detraction. But we speak of the admirable deport- 
ment of the people throughout ; their steady and even 
grave conduct ; and the absence of all tendency among 
them to disturbance or riot. There was not one whose 
behaviour would have been offensive in a private draw- 
ing-room ; and but few, comparatively, whose appear- 
ance might not have entitled them to admission into one. 
Equally removed by principle from slavishness and dis- 
loyalty, they appeared to have felt, that, in receiving among 
them the King of a free people, they were discharging 
a great constitutional and a solemn duty ; and this feeling 
seemed to give a cast or complexion to the whole of the 
ceremony. That there were no extravagant antics per- 
formed, or obstreperous ebullitions of joy, may perhaps 
expose us to the sneers of our more volatile neighbours. 
We may trust, however, that to a prince distinguished for 



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his good taste and discernment, our loyalty will not be the 
less acceptable, because it is engrafted upon sober reflection, 
which, while it lays our feelings under restraint, affords 
the best security for its permanency. The loyalty of the 
Scots is not a sudden feeling which evanishes with the oc- 
casion that creates it. It is a sentiment seated in the heart's 
core, which neither time nor absence can diminish, and 
which even a sense of injury can scarcely extinguish. It 
must be confessed to be of a dignified kind, when it had the 
effect, on this occasion, of neutralizing immorality in the 
breasts of the most depraved; for it is an astonishing fact, 
that not a single delinquency, known to the police, occurred 
in the course of the day, nor was one drunk person seen 
along the whole line of the procession. That the manner 
of his reception was as grateful to our King, as it was 
solemn and impressive, is put beyond all doubt, by a re- 
mark which he was pleased to make to the gallant Lord 
Lyndock, after he arrived at the Palace. His Majesty 
observed, that " he had often heard the Scots were a 
proud nation; and they had reason to be so, for they 
appeared to be a nation of gentlemen. He himself 
was proud of them." We may add, that one of the 
King's household, an English nobleman, exclaimed, 
when his Majesty landed, " Surely never before did a 
Monarch meet so grand a reception." 

As incidental to the royal procession, we may notice 
an ebullition of loyalty on the part of the boys in Her- 
riot's hospital. While the procession was advancing, 
these young patriots drew up on the green of the hospi- 
tal, and commenced singing ' God Save the King/ in 
full chorus, with such ardour, that the melody was dis- 
tinctly heard upon the Castle-hill. 

The people who witnessed this memorable spectacle 
cannot be estimated at less than 300,000. This was the 
estimate formed by a distinguished individual, who has 
had great experience in judging of the numbers of large 
masses of men. The estimate may appear extravagant, 
since 300,000 is about the seventh of the whole popu- 
lation of Scotland; but, besides the populousness of 
Edinburgh and the surrounding country, it is to be con- 
sidered, that Glasgow and its neighbourhood, the most 



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populous district of Scotland, are brought, as it were, 
into the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, by means 
of canals and steam-boats; and when we consider also 
the immense influx of strangers from all parts of Scot- 
land, and even from England and Ireland, the estimate 
will appear exceedingly moderate. 

The King was received at the Palace by the Duke of 
Hamilton, Keeper of the Palace, who had the honour to 
kiss hands ; the Duke of Montrose, the Lord High Cham- 
berlain, Lord Melville, the Lord in Waiting, &c. followed 
by the Officers of State, the Lord High Constable, and 
Usher of the White Rod, who also had the honour of 
kissing hands ; the Depute King at Arms, Duke of 
Argyle, great Master of the Household, and their at- 
tendants. His Majesty looked round the Palace, and 
seemed much gratified by the general appearance ; he 
moved up stairs with a firm step, bowed to the noblemen 
and archers, and retired into the royal closet. He was 
afterwards attended by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord 
Melville, and Mr Peel. After remaining a short time, 
the King proceeded to the presence chamber, bowing 
in a condescending manner to the noblemen who attend- 
ed him. 

Immediately on his Majesty being seated on his throne, 
the Knight Marischal and his two Esquires, (who were 
ready at the lower end of the room) advanced, bearing 
the regalia, towards the throne, and making three reve- 
rences; first, at the place where they were stationed; 
secondly, at the middle of the room ; and, thirdly, at the 
foot of the throne. The Knight Marischal then (on 
his knee) presented the crown, and the Deputy Lord 
Lyon of Scotland, in obedience to his Majesty's com- 
mand, summoned the Duke of Hamilton to receive it, 
(on his knee) from the Knight Marischal, and he imme- 
diately took his station on the right hand of the King. 
The Knight Marischal then received from his Esquire 
the sceptre, and presented it in like manner as the crown. 
The Deputy Lord Lyon then summoned Lord Francis 
Levison Gower, as the representative of the Earl of 
Sutherland, who, on his knee, received the sceptre from 
the Knight Marischal, and took his station on the left 



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hand of the King. The sword of state was in like 
manner presented and delivered to the Earl of Errol, 
who tooK his station on the right hand of the King. 
The Knight Marischal then had the honour to kiss the 
King's hand, and retired with his two Esquires, making 
three reverences, to the lower end of the room. 

Immediately afterwards the Duke of Montrose an- 
nounced that the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edin- 
burgh were in attendance to present an address. The 
Duke, by his Majesty's command, introduced the Lord 
Provost and Magistrates and Council, who advanced 
with three reverences to the foot of the throne, when 
the following address was read by Mr Cuningham, the 
senior City Clerk : — 

" May it please your Majesty, 

We, your Majesty's most dutiful and devoted subjects, the 
Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh, 
with the deepest sentiments of attachment to your sacred Per- 
son and Government, beg to approach your Majesty's presence, 
in order to tender our dutiful congratulations on your arrival 
in the Palace of your royal ancestors. 

" It is with feelings of the most solemn kind, mingled witli 
joy and with wonder, that we perform a duty of this high na- 
ture to the Monarch of Great Britain, in halls, which have 
witnessed, in former times, so many vicissitudes of royalty, and 
which have been silent and unoccupied for such a length of 
years. More than two centuries have elapsed since your Ma- 
jesty's Palace of Holyrood ceased to be the principal residence 
of royalty, and more than one since Edinburgh resigned the 
dignity of an independent metropolis. These sacrifices, although 
important to the consolidation of the empire at large, had their 
temporary inconveniences and disadvantages, which, thanks be 
to God, and to the paternal government of your Majesty and 
your royal ancestors, are known to the present inhabitants of 
Edinburgh only by tradition. 

" We are proud to say, that, while necessarily deprived of 
our Sovereign's presence, the citizens of Edinburgh have never 
forgotten their ancient ties of intimate communication betwixt 
your Majesty's royal ancestors and the former inhabitants of 
this city. They have thought it their duty to press near the 
throne, whenever an expression of their feelings would be be- 
coming or proper. They have rejoiced when your Majesty and 



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your fathers have rejoiced, and they have sorrowed with your 
Majesty in those sorrows from which none are exempted. In 
the hour of need, their population and their property were 
placed, with ready hands and devoted hearts, at your Majesty's 
disposal, and if, amidst the wonderful vicissitudes of a late event- 
ful period, a royal visit to Scotland had been dictated by a de- 
sire to call forth to the uttermost the resources of the country, 
under these circumstances your Majesty would have experienced 
as heartfelt a welcome from Scotland and its capital as even 
now, when your arrival is that of a Monarch, prosperous and 
triumphant beyond the example of British record, in peaceful 
progress through a flourishing empire. 

" We will not enlarge on the sense we have of the personal 
fatigue and inconvenience to which your Majesty must needs 
have been subjected, in the voyage undertaken to do your an- 
cient kingdom this distinguished honour. Still less will we 
apologize for what may have been imperfect in your Majesty's 
reception from want of time, of means, or of the experience ne- 
cessary on such occasions. 

" If our preparations could have been made, in any degree, 
to correspond with the joyful and dutiful feelings by which 
they have been dictated, never Sovereign's entrance into his 
ancient capital would have been more distinguished than that 
of George the Fourth into the metropolis of Scotland. 

" Signed in name, and by appointment of the Magistrates 
and Council, in Council assembled, and the city seal affixed 
hereto. 

" Wm. Arbuthnot, Lord Provost." 



To which address his Majesty was pleased to return 
the following most gracious answer : — 

" It is with peculiar and cordial satisfaction that I visit this 
part of my dominions. 

" I am happy to have an opportunity of expressing in person 
my deep sense of the zealous and uniform support which I re- 
ceived from my Scottish subjects in the prosecution of that 
arduous contest, to the glorious termination of which their 
patriotism and valour so eminently contributed. 

" The feelings which they have this day manifested towards 
me, and which have made an indelible impression on my heart, 
fully justify that unbounded confidence which I have ever re- 
posed in their affectionate attachment and loyalty. 

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" I return you my warmest thanks for the congratulations 
you have offered me on this happy occasion ; and I promise to 
my ancient and faithful city of Edinburgh my continued favour 
and protection." 

The Lord Provost had the honour to kiss hands, and 
the Bailies, the Dean of Guild, and the Treasurer, were 
severally introduced, and kissed hands. They then retir- 
ed with three reverences. The King then left the throne, 
and several of the Judges of the Court of Session, Jus- 
ticiary, and Commissary Court, and the Judge Admiral, 
who were in attendance, had the honour of being intro- 
duced. The King, preceded by the regalia, borne by 
the respective Peers to whom they had been committed, 
then proceeded to the royal closet. The bearers of the 
regalia, having placed them on the table, retired with 
three reverences. The King then commanded the at- 
tendance of the Captain-general and Council of the Royal 
Company of Archers, to perform the service of deliver- 
ing a pair of barbed arrows, which is the reddendo con- 
tained in the charter by Queen Anne, in favour of the 
Royal Company. 

The Earl of Hopetoun then proceeded to the royal 
closet, followed by Sir George Mackenzie, as Vice Pre- 
sident of the Council, carrying the barbed arrows on a 
green velvet cushion, and accompanied by Sir David 
Milne, John Russel, Esq., Henry Jardine, Esq., Captain 
Robert Hay, R. N. and Major Norman Pringle, who 
(with the Earl of Dalhousie) compose the Council of the 
Royal Company. Sir George Mackenzie then delivered 
the arrows to the Earl of Hopetoun, who presented them 
to his Majesty, stating, that, by the Royal Charter in 
favour of the Royal Company, they held their privileges 
under the Crown, for the service of a pair of barbed ar- 
rows, which, on the part of the Royal Company, he now 
humbly offered to his Majesty, and craved a continuance 
of his royal favour and protection. To this address his 
Majesty was pleased to make a most„gracious reply, and 
received the arrows, which he handed to one of his at- 
tendants. The Earl of Hopetoun then kissed his Ma- 
jesty's hand, and proceeded to the private entry, attend- 
ed by the Lord Chamberlain and Lords in Waiting. 



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His Majesty left the Palace for Dalkeith at half-past 
three, escorted by a squadron of the Scots Greys, and 
accomplished the journey in twenty-two minutes. A 
serjeant and thirty privates led, seventy yards in front of 
the first division, as advanced guard, which consisted of a 
captain, namely Lord Arthur Hill, a subaltern, and forty 
rank and file. In his Majesty's carriage, which was 
close at top, and drawn by six horses, were his Majesty, 
and the Duke of Dorset and Marquis of Winchester. 
Major General Sir Thomas Bradford rode on the right of 
the carriage, opposite the door, and Lord Robert Kerr on 
the left. Two aides-de-camp rode in rear of the carriage. 
A second division of the Greys, consisting of forty rank 
and file, followed with the King's standard. The streets 
of Dalkeith, from the Toll-bar to the gate of Dalkeith 
House, were lined by the Greys and 77th foot, the 
former posted on the right, and the latter on the left. 
The musical band of the Greys were posted opposite 
the triumphal arch, which extended across the entrance 
into the High Street from the new road. As the King 
approached, the military presented arms, and the band 
struck up " God save the King," accompanied by flourishes 
of drums and trumpets. The King was received by the 
people with every demonstration of enthusiasm. He re- 
turned their salutations with his usual condescension. 

The following noblemen and gentlemen had the hon- 
our of dining with his Majesty : the Duke of Dorset, 
the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Lauderdale, 
the Earl of Fife, Lord Gwydir, Lord Lowther, Lord 
Graves, Lord Francis Conyngham, Sir E. Nagle, Sir A. 
Barnard, and Sir William Knighton. His Majesty 
seemed to enjoy a good appetite and excellent spirits. 

In the evening the bonfire on the top of Arthur's 
Seat was again rekindled ; and at the west end of George 
Street there was the most splendid display of fire-works 
ever exhibited in Edinburgh. It gave the highest satis- 
faction to an immense multitude of spectators, and drew 
from them repeated plaudits. 

In the same evening Leith was most brilliantly illumi- 
nated. We can only notice a few of the more remark- 
able devices that were exhibited. 

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Excise and Custom-house, — " Hail Scotia's King" G. 
IV. R. surmounted by a crown. 

Trinity-house — " Welcome G. IV. R." Two anchors 
and a crown. 

Leith Bank — G. IV. R. a crown and two stars. 

Commercial Bank-office — Crown, star, and two anchors. 

Old Shipping Company — Crown and star. 

The Queen Charlotte had her yard illuminated by a 
number of lanterns, which had a fine effect at a distance. 

London and Edinburgh Shipping Company's Office — 
G. IV. R. and a crown, " This we defend." 

An attempt was made to illuminate the rigging with 
lamps of the smack Prompt, but the wind prevented it 
being done. 

Edinburgh, Leith, and Glasgow Shipping Company 
— G. IV. R. 

Aberdeen Steam Yacht Office — Three transparencies ; 
one a portrait of his Majesty, motto, — " Scotland hails 
with joy the visit of the King." 2d, The Edinburgh 
arms and the harbour of Leith — " Commerce." 3d, 
Imperial crown and thistle, " Welcome, G. IV. R." 

Collector M'Nair, Links — A brilliant crown. 

Mr Watson, Constitution Street — A crown. 

The new rooms of Mr Reid, bookseller and stationer, 
three transparencies. The first, (executed by Mr Alex- 
ander Reid, pupil of the celebrated Bewick,) Britannia 
on a pedestal, supported by a Highland chieftain and a 
sailor ; motto from Young : 

" Britain, swear no sordid son of thine 

Shall dare to offend the donor of thy wealth and peace." 

A portrait of his Majesty, with a scroll above, " Fair fa' 
his honest sonsy face ;" beneath, " Caledonia hails with 
joy her beloved Sovereign, as the patron of literature 
and science :" The royal squadron, as in Leith Roads, 
with an exact figure of the royal yacht. 

The town of Dalkeith, besides having a grand display 
of fire-Avorks, was most brilliantly illuminated. Near to 
the Roman camp, on the Marquis of Lothian's estate, a 
bonfire of 150 cart-loads of coal, furnished by the noble 



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Marquis, was lighted up ; and innumerable other bon- 
fires blazed upon the hills of Fife, and along the Lothian 
coast. 

In the evening an Edinburgh Gazette was published, 
containing the following notices : — 

" Lord Chamberlain 's Office, August 15, 1822. 
" Notice is hereby given, that his Majesty will hold a 
levee at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, on Saturday next, 
the 17th instant, at one o'clock." 

" Lord Chamberlain '«? Office, August 15, 1822. 
" Notice is hereby given, that the King will receive 
the addresses which are to be presented to his Majesty 
on the throne, and in the royal closet, at the Palace of 
Holyroodhouse, on Monday next, the 19th instant, at 
two o'clock." 

" Lord Chamberlains Office, August 15, 1822. 

" Notice is hereby given, that his Majesty will hold a 
drawing-room at the Palace of Holyroodnouse, on Tues- 
day next, the 20th instant, at one o'clock. 

" N.B. All persons going to his Majesty's levee and 
drawing-room are to be prepared with a full-sized card, 
on which is to \)e written their name and designation, 
and by whom they are presented. This card to be de- 
livered to the Lord in waiting." 

In the regimental book of the Scots Greys, the fol- 
lowing order was entered : — 

" Dalkeith, 15th August 1822. 
" Lieutenant-Colonel Hankin has the pleasure to com- 
municate to the regiment, that Major-General Sir Tho- 
mas Bradford was directed to express, for his Majesty, 
his Majesty's highest approbation and commendation of 
the good appearance and discipline of the regiment, 
when employed this morning in attending his Majesty 
on his disembarkation at the port of Leith, and on the 
escort of his Majesty from Leith to the Palace of Holy- 
roodhouse, and from thence to the Palace of Dalkeith." 

END OF PART FIRST. 



HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. 



PART SECOND. 



CHAP. IV. 

On Friday, the 16th of August, the day after his land- 
ing, the King remained at Dalkeith-house, and resigned 
himself to the simple recreations of rural retirement. 
He expressed himself delighted with his residence ; and, 
though he did not stir abroad during the day, he could 
not refrain from going, ever and anon, to the windows, 
to survey the beauty and primitive serenity of the scene 
around him.* The reception which he had met with 
upon his landing, and the orderly and decorous appear- 
ance of his Scottish subjects; the intellectual dignity of 



* Dalkeith-house stands about six miles from Edinburgh, in the 
immediate vicinity of the town of Dalkeith, on the site of an old 
castle, once the property of the Douglas family ; which, when oc- 
cupied by the Regent Morton, during the minority of James VI., 
was called the Lion's Den. The Park is much admired for its extent 
and the beauty of its scenery. The trees within it are large, vener- 
able, and disposed in groups, that afford a shelter from the elements 
to the numerous animals inhabiting it, who enjoy a perfect immunity 
from every violence. The hare, regarding man not as her enemy, 
but her natural protector, acknowledges his dominion by squatting 
down at his feet ; and the birds, heedless of the approach of the 
stranger, pour upon his ear their richest melodies. The two beauti- 
ful and crystaline rivers of North and South Esk, after meandring 
through grounds the most classical and romantic, enter the park, 
the one in front, the other in rear of the Palace, each flowing through 
a dell exhibiting every natural and artificial beauty ; and, uniting a 
little below the Palace, roll their combined stream through the re- 
mainder of the grounds. 

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their manner, which regulated, and, at the same time, 
gave a deeper tone to their enthusiasm, were the frequent 
themes of his Majesty's conversation. He expatiated 
upon these with an earnestness and a feeling, which 
shewed that the novelty of the moral spectacle ex- 
hibited on the preceding day had equally pleased and 
astonished him. In the course of the day, the King 
received visits from a considerable number of noblemen 
and gentlemen, among whom were, the Duke of Buc- 
cleuch, the Marquis of Lothian, the Earl of Fife, the 
Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Montagu, Lord Melville, 
Lord Ravensworth, and Lord John Scott. In the even- 
ing, his Majesty entertained a select company at dinner, 
among whom were the Earl of Fife, Lord Ravensworth, 
and the Lord Chief Commissioner. 

The same evening, the citizens of Edinburgh did ho- 
nour to the King's arrival by a most brilliant and even 
gorgeous illumination. All ranks vied with each other 
in giving effect and splendour to the scene ; and inscrip- 
tions, ornaments, devices, and emblems, were displayed 
in endless and dazzling variety. Though the general 
effect of the illumination was inimitably striking, there 
were certain points from which it was contemplated 
with peculiar advantage. When viewed from the Cal ton- 
hill, the mind was lost in wonder at the absolute profu- 
sion of -splendour which rivetted the eye upon Waterloo 
Place, and then forced it to seek relief in the more mild 
and chaste lustre of Prince's Street, reflected upon the 
conterminous dark abyss of the North Loch. The gi- 
gantic outline of the Castle was rendered visible by num- 
berless torches which blazed on its battlements, and, in 
fitful flashes, opened up to view, amid the darkness of 
the night, the various embrasures and fosses of the an- 
cient fortress, and cast a lurid glare, from the base to the 
summit, upon the immense superficies of the rugged rock 
on which it reposes. The prospect from the temporary 
barrier below Picardy Place was strikingly grand. There, 
in place of the attention being distracted, the eye was 
pleased, even to satiety, by resting upon the congeries of 
lofty buildings, blazing in more than noontide splendour, 
which form the boundary of the city in that direction, and 



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majestically look down upon Leith Walk. George Street, 
and the two noble squares in which it terminates, were 
wrapped in a sheet of light, of oppressive and almost over- 
powering brightness. But nothing could exceed the grand 
and romantic effect of the High Street, its sombre and lofty 
sides shining with innumerable lights, reflected from 
heights apparently inaccessible. It was remarked of this 
illumination, that on no previous occasion had there 
been observed the same profusion of lamps. In many 
parts of the city they seemed to have almost superseded 
the use of candles : one effect of this was the superior 
splendour of the scene ; and another, that it afforded the 
public an opportunity of better discerning individual ex- 
amples of taste and magnificence. 

It is impossible to notice all, or even the greater pro- 
portion, of the devices and transparencies that were ex- 
hibited ; but the following are among the most promi- 
nent : 



Bank of Scotland. — Large shield, enclosing- imperial crown 
and royal initials, festoons round the columns, and diamonds on 
each side. 

County Hall. — Three obelisks, surmounted by stars, and over 
all the imperial crown. 

Exchequer. — Crown, with royal initials, rose, thistle, and 
shamrock, surmounted by rosettes and drapery. 

Royal Exchange. — Crown, thistle, and star, royal initials, 
and St Andrew's cross, with connecting - festoons and drapery — 
Motto, " Welcome to Scotland." 

Caledonian Mercury Office. — A beautiful transparency, re- 
presenting his Majesty, in his crown and robes of state, whose 
arrival is hailed by the city of Edinburgh, personified by a fe- 
male figure in white, with a mural crown, kneeling at his feet, 
and offering the keys of the city ; Mercury in readiness to con- 
vey the news of his arrival to all parts of the globe ; a band of 
Highlanders welcoming him with the pipes, and huzzaing ; 
and, in the distance, a slight view of the Castle. The two side 
windows occupied with a caducius, seen in the centre of a glory. 

Courant Office. — Crown and royal initials, large star enclos- 
ing a thistle, surmounted by rosettes and connecting drapery — 
Motto, " Welcome to Auld Reekie." 

Mr James Brown's Office. — G. R. a crown, and St Andrew's 
cross. 



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North British Fire-Office.— G. IV. R. a crown, and two 
stars. 

Caledonian Insurance Office. — G. R. on each side a thistle* 
surmounted by a crown — two stars. 

Scottish Life Insurance Company's Office.*— G. R. and a 
crown. 

Advertiser Office. — Transparency, representing Scotia kneel- 
ing, presenting the crown to his Majesty. 

Weekly Chronicle Office. — Transparency, city arms, crown, 
and royal initials, rose, thistle, and shamrock — Motto, " This 
we'll defend," 

Scotsman Office. — A large thistle, surmounted by the impe- 
rial crown and drapery. 

Weekly Journal Office. — " Vivat Rex !" and " May the King 
live for ever ! — 'Tis the better for us, boys." 

Commercial Bank. — Crown and initials in lamps ; transparen- 
cy in the centre, representing Caledonia kneeling before the 
King. 

King's Printing-office. — Crown and royal initials — Motto, 
" Long live the King !" 

Merchants' Hall. — Crown and royal initials; a transparency 
of the Company's arms ; star and globe, with enclosing columns 
in variegated lamps — Motto, " Scotland welcomes her King." 

Canongate Court-room. — G. R. IV. and a crown. 

Mr Wright, New Street. — Transparencies of his Majesty — 
" Welcome to Scotland !" and other emblematical devices. 

Lord Bannatyne's house, Canongate. — Transparency of his 
Majesty seated, with two sea-horses couchant at his feet, and a 
female figure presenting him a crown — Motto, " Sacred to the 
honour of her King, and the liberty and independence of her 
country." 

Messrs Henderson & Son, South Bridge. — Crown and initials 
— Motto* tf Welcome !" finely variegated, and decorated with 
shrubs. 

Messrs Craig and Co. South Bridge. — Thistle, between two 
crosses of St Andrew. 

Mr Macleod, South Bridge Transparency of St Andrew and 

St George, very well painted. 

Mr Deuchar, South Bridge. — The royal arms — a transparency. 

Mr Miller, type-founder, Nicolson Street. — G. R. IV. and a 
crown. 

Lady Duncan, George Square. — Crown and initials. 

Waterloo Hotel. — A fine St Andrew's cross, supported by 
stars — Motto, ft Hail, our King !" 

Post Office. — Under the royal arms permanent, the crown 



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and royal initials, In the centre, " Hail, Star of Brunswick !" 
supported by the rose and thistle, and the shamrock under- 
neath ; the columns hung' with festoons of lamps. 

Stamp Office. — Under the royal arms permanent, festoons 
connecting circles and crosses; below, the crown and initials, 
with large stars on each side ; the columns hung - with festoons of 
lamps, enclosing* the rose, thistle, and shamrock — Motto, " Wel- 
come to Scotland !" 

Medical Hall. — G. R. and a crown. 

Messrs Dickson & Co. Waterloo Place. — Crown, initials, and 
star. 

Theatre-Royal. — In the centre, a large circle enclosing a 
shield with the lion rampant, surmounted by a crown, and be- 
neath, the royal initials ; on each side transparent columns, sur- 
mounted by stars; and the whole tastefully connected by 
festoons and drapery. 

Register Office. — In front of the dome a large variegated star ; 
below, crown and St Andrew's crosses, within circles; royal ini- 
tials, sword and sceptre of state ; underneath, an elegant drapery, 
with the rose, thistle, and shamrock. 

At Mackay's Hotel, the residence of the Provost and Ma- 
gistrates of Dundee, were the Dundee arms, a crown, G. IV. R. 
— " Welcome !" — simple and well executed. 

Mr Trotter, Prince's Street. — Transparency of the royal 
arms, surmounted by the crown, and supported by the rose and 
thistle, in variegated lamps. 

Royal Hotel. — Transparency, representing the King's land- 
ing at Leith — Scotia, supported by religion and learning, and a 
Scottish warrior offering support to his Majesty. 

Panorama in Prince's Street. — In the centre of the pavilion 
a transparency, representing his Majesty, welcomed by Scot- 
land, over which was the word " Welcome !" surmounted by a 
crown, in variegated lamps. On the other parts of the pavilion 
were several tasteful devices, formed of variegated lamps and 
flowers. The band of the panorama played " God save the 
King," and many other appropriate airs. 

Mr Ewart, Prince's Street, the king's saddler. — G. R. and a 
crown. 

Tax Office. — G. IV. R. a crown and St Andrew's cross, with 
drapery. 

Messrs Gow & Son, music-sellers. — G. R. and a star 

Mr Paterson, saddler, Prince's Street. — G. IV. R. and a crown. 

Crown Hotel. — A crown between two stars, and a transpa- 
rency representing a Highlander holding his Majesty, and ex- 
claiming, Ci Welcome to the land of your ancestors !" 



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Barry's Hotel. — Ireland, Scotland, and his Majesty — three 
well-painted transparencies. 

Albyn Club, Prince's Street. — Crown and royal initials, in 
variegated lamps — transparency of the King; on the right, 
Britannia; on the left, Scotia sounding the trumpet of wel- 
come. 

Sir John Hay, Drumsheugh. — G. IV. R. a crown, two stars, 
and several other devices. 

Earl of Moray, Drumsheugh House.—- An arch over his gate, 
with the letters G. IV. R., over all, a crown. 

Charlotte Square. — In the centre of the south side, compre- 
hending the houses of the Lord Justice Clerk, Sir John Mar- 
joribanks on the right, and Mr Richard Parish on the left, a 
beautiful design was prepared. In the centre a large crown and 
star were displayed, with ' e God save King George ! " as a motto. 
" Happy may he live !" and " Long may he reign !" with a 
thistle interposed, occupied the wings. — On the same side, Mr 
Sheriff Duff's house was also finely illuminated, with a crown, 
star, G. R., and " God save the King!" 

The Lord Provost's house, Charlotte Square, was remarkable 
both for its brilliancy and neatness. Every window in the front 
of it was surrounded with lamps and decorated with festoons, 
with the Gaelic motto of " Righ Albain gu Brath." 

On the north side of Charlotte Square four stars were ex- 
hibited: they wanted a fifth to make them uniform, which 
was owing to the indisposition of one of the inhabitants. 

Lord Abercromby, Charlotte Square. — G. R., two stars, 
sword and sceptre, St Andrew's cross, and a crown over the 
whole. 

Duke of Atholl, Charlotte Square. — A radiated St Andrew's 
cross. 

Lord Pitmilly and Mr Cockburn, Charlotte Square, united 
to exhibit three beautiful stars. 

Sir William Fettes, Charlotte Square. — " Welcome !" 

Captain Dalzel. — A star, crown, and anchor. 

Mr D. Thomson, North Charlotte Street. — Thistle and 
crown. 

Mr Gianetti, perfumer, George Street. — On one side of his 
house G. R. and a crown on the other side ; a full-length trans- 
parency of his Majesty in regimentals, just landed in Scotland, 
and saying, " How's a' wi' ye ?" Another transparency, a bust 
of his Majesty crowned with laurel, with emblematical figures, 
below which, an inscription in French. 

Mr Urquhart, perfumer, George Street. — G. R. and St An- 
drew's cross. 



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Assembly Rooms. — In front of the portico, the crown and 
initials, with large thistle and two stars, surmounted by elegant 
festoons. In the sides a diamond and St Andrew's cross. 

Physicians' Hall. — Crown, initials, star, and cross, with dra- 
pery. 

Mr Buchan, painter, George Street. — An immense royal 
arch, encircling the crown and initials ; large star and crosses — 
Motto, " Welcome !" This was very beautiful. 

Gibb's Hotel was very brilliant with transparencies, devices, 
and inscriptions. 

Professor James Russel, F. A. S. — A transparent bust of his 
Majesty, encircled with a laurel crown. 

Mr Burke, upholsterer. — A transparent crown, with " Deus 
et tutamen," very well executed. 

Excise Office. — St Andrew's cross, flanked by two thistles, 
and the rose and shamrock, surmounted by a crown, with the 
royal initials — Motto, " Salve Pater Patriae." 

The British Linen Company and Royal Banks, flanking the 
Excise Office, were each decorated with two thistles, surmount- 
ed by a crown, with the motto ce Long live the King !" The 
three offices, from their vicinity to each other, seemed to form 
one design. 

Princess Charlotte Hotel. — A circle, enclosing the royal 
initials, brilliantly displayed in gas. 

New Club Room, St Andrew's Square. — Crown, with large 
star, having in the centre a thistle, and underneath the royal 
initials, with connecting drapery, beautifully variegated. 

Mr Davidson, confectioner, St Andrew's Street. — G. R. and 
a crown. 

London Hotel. — Two stars. 

Customhouse. — Thistle, rose, and shamrock ; crown, with 
royal initials ; star, with St Andrew's cross in the centre, the 
whole enclosed by columns hung with lamps. 

Sir M. Shaw Stuart, Queen Street. — A crown — " For ever." 

Sir Alexander Keith, Knight Marischal, Queen Street. — 
Crown, sword, and sceptre, royal initials, with two stars. 

Union Club. — A crown, with the word, " Hurra," under- 
neath. 

Earl of Wemyss, Queen Street. — Crown, thistle, two stars — 
Motto, " Welcome." 

John Blackburn, Esq., Queen Street. — Crown and royal 
initials, with two stars. 

Mr Walker, Queen Street. — Transparency ; bust of his 
Majesty, encircled by the thistle and rose ; crown and royal 
initials," in variegated lamps. 



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Lord Provost of Glasgow, Queen Street. — Transparency, 
female figure, bearing a flag, ship, &c. emblematical of com- 
merce, surmounted by the Glasgow arms and motto ; crown and 
two stars — Motto, " Our King," in variegated lamps. 

Mr Mackinlay, Royal Terrace. — St Andrew's cross, with 
royal initials, in lamps. 

The Provost of Stirling had a beautiful transparency, the 
idea of which was from the Lady of the Lake, and represented 
the south side of Stirling Castle, the Stirling arms appeared, 
and G. R. neatly executed in lamps. 

Lord Gillies, York Place. — A star. 

Messrs Selkrig, Blackwcll, and Ferrier. — Crown, royal initials, 
and two stars. 

Mr Craufuird, Picardy Place. — A crown, a thistle, and a 
rose. 

Mr Gibson, W.S., Picardy Place. — Crown, St Andrew's cross, 
and royal initials. 

Mr Harvey's, Picardy Place. — Transparency of his Majesty — 
StAndrew's cross, with sword and sceptre on the right — St 
George's cross, with sword and sceptre on the left ; crown and 
two stars — Motto, " Welcome to the land of your ancestors !" 

Mr George Spence, end of Picardy Place. — A large crown : 
on each side of which a star. The effect of this, when seen from 
Leith Walk, was uncommonly striking. 

The residences of the Magistrates of Aberdeen and Stirling 
were also tastefully illuminated with lamps. 

Leith Flint Glass Warehouse. — G R. and a crown. 

Mr Wordsworth. — G. IV. R. fully invested with drapery. 

Black Bull. — G. R. and a transparency of Scotia presenting 
the crown to the King, with an appropriate back-ground-^" Pa- 
ter patriae." 

The crown on the top of the gas-work chimney was 
illuminated on this, as it was every evening during the 
King's residence in Scotland ; and the crest of Arthur's 
Seat again shone radiantly upon the surrounding country. 

The streets were crowded to excess, but nothing could 
exceed the orderly demeanour of the people, who moved 
about with the same serenity, and nearly the same ease, 
as if in the enjoyment of an ordinary promenade. The 
High Street presented a most joyous appearance. Bands 
of boys paraded about with flaming torches ; and groupes 
of sailors were observed dancing reels to the sound of the 
bagpipe. In the course of the evening, numberless rocket* 



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w ere discharged from every quarter. About ten o'clock, 
salvos of cannon were fired from the Castle, Calton-hill, 
and Salisbury Crags, Leith Battery, and the ships of 
war in the roads ; the solemn pauses between which were 
occasionally interrupted by feuoc de joie from the 13th 
and 66th regiments, drawn up in front of the Crags. 
The vivid flashes of the cannon, bursting through the 
darkness of the atmosphere, and followed by the loud roar, 
reverberated from the various points of the hollow ground 
around the city, gave to the whole scene a sublimity which 
was never exceeded. 

The residences of many noblemen and gentlemen in 
the vicinity were also brilliantly illuminated. At the 
Marquis of Abercorn's, a neat triumphal arch was erect- 
ed over the eastern approach to his Lordship's mansion, 
and illuminated with variegated lamps. An imperial 
crown surmounted the arch, and the letters G. R. 
adorned its sides. Over the bridge of the village of 
Niddry a magnificent triumphal arch was erected by Mr 
Wauchope, which was decorated with laurel, the Scots 
thistle, a rose-bush in full blossom, and sheafs of corn, 
and surmounted by an imperial crown. From the centre 
of the arch a beautiful gilded crown was suspended. 
Warriston House was splendidly lighted up, and a large 
bonfire blazed on the lawn in front of it. 

The same evening, the honest town of Musselburgh was 
brilliantly illuminated in honour of his Majesty. A large 
bonfire was kindled at the cross ; and, besides, there was 
a grand exhibition of fire- works. 



CHAP. V. 



On Saturday, the 17th of August, his Majesty, according 
to previous announcement, held his first levee in Holy- 
rood Palace, the attendance upon which was most numer- 
ous and splendid. The concourse of nobility and gentry 
was so great as to surprise even those who were most ac- 



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customed to the levees held in the British metropolis; and 
compelled many to discard all their previous notions of 
the inelegance of Scottish life and the poverty of the 
country. With the fate of a celebrated place mankind 
as naturally sympathizes as with that of a human being ; 
and hence it is, that over the habitations of the great and 
illustrious of former times, there always hangs a profound 
and melancholy interest. But every feeling of sadness 
was chased away from the halls of Holyrood, by the gay 
and magnificent scene which it now exhibited — a scene 
the most exhilarating that can be imagined to the mind 
of a patriot. While the presence of the Sovereign re- 
called its former consequence, the composition and 
appearance of the company who thronged its courts 
forced upon the mind of the spectator the salutary changes 
which time had introduced in the manners, as well as 
the political and moral condition of society, since it ceased 
to be the seat of a monarchy. Beneath its gloomy ar- 
cades, where ambitious partizans used to hatch their 
ruthless and sanguinary schemes, — where fiery chieftains, 
whose greatness consisted of a power to oppress, and to 
set the laws at defiance, bearded each other in fierce al- 
tercation, there now appeared, in peaceful mien, their 
more fortunate representatives, all who were respect- 
able by birth or station, cordially united in the perform- 
ance of a common duty, that of rendering homage to a 
constitutional king, — a king who was bound by the same 
laws which it was his office to administer ; whom craft or 
violence could not render the instrument of injustice ; 
whose greatness was identified with the liberty and hap- 
piness of his people; who might exalt, but, of his own will, 
could not degrade or injure the meanest of his subjects. 

So early as ten o'clock the carriages began to draw up 
along the new London road, and by twelve they had ac- 
cumulated so as to form a long line, reaching backwards 
along Waterloo Place and the Regent Bridge as far as 
Hanover Street, and afterwards to near the end of Prince's 
Street. They continued to arrive, without intermission, 
till near three o'clock. From the great number of car- 
riages that were every minute arriving, it was thought 



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proper, in order not to detain his Majesty till too late an 
hour, to direct them to move forward to the Palace gate, 
and to admit the company, who were conducted into the 
picture gallery, which was completely crowded long be- 
fore his Majesty arrived at the Palace. Those noblemen 
and gentlemen who had the privilege of the entre were 
admitted by the private door on the east side of the Pa- 
lace, and were conducted to the room immediately ad- 
joining the levee-room. Notwithstanding this, the great 
picture gallery was nearly filled with company, and 
when the door was opened, the crush towards it was very 
great. There a certain number was admitted; and when 
the space towards the door of the next room was filled, the 
two archers in attendance crossed their bows at the first 
door, and repressed the advancing crowd. After this 
there was no farther trouble; the whole moved slowly 
till they arrived at the room next to the presence-cham- 
ber, before they were directed to pull off their gloves and 
fall into single file. 

The King arrived at the Palace at a quarter before 
two o'clock, having been only nineteen minutes on the 
road between Dalkeith and Holyrood-house. As his 
Majesty passed through Niddry, he was cheered by the 
whole of Mr Wauchope's colliers and workmen, who 
were drawn up near the bridge, — a salutation which they 
occasionally repeated as the King passed through the 
village.* In compliment to the country, his Majesty 
appeared in complete Highland costume, made of the 
royal Stuart tartan, which displayed his manly and 
graceful figure to great advantage. 

The guard of honour in front of the Palace was com- 
posed of detachments of the 13th and 77th regiments, 
and a squadron of the Scots Greys. At his Majesty's 
private entrance, on the south side of the Palace, a 
squadron of the Scots Greys was drawn up ; at the 



* This was a jubilee day to those honest people, among whom 
Mr Wauchope distributed a considerable sum of money, with which 
they regaled themselves in the evening in drinking his Majesty's 
health. 



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Palace gate were two of his Majesty's footmen in their 
state liveries, with their wands of office ; also a detach- 
ment of the Royal Archers and Celtic Club. In the piazza 
leading to the picture gallery was another detachment of 
the Celtic Club; on both sides of the picture gallery 
the yeomen of the guard were drawn up, and parties of 
the Archers were posted in the suite of rooms leading to 
the entre room, in which the remainder of the Archers 
formed the guard. 

In the entre room, were the Keeper of the Palace, 
Duke of Hamilton ; the Great Master of the Household, 
Duke of Argyll ; the Lord High Constable, Earl of 
Errol ; the Marquis of Lothian; the Lord Clerk Register, 
the Honourable William Dundas ; the Lord President ; 
Lord Advocate; Lord Justice-Clerk; the Admiral on the 
station, Sir John Beresford; the Commander of the Forces, 
Sir Thomas Bradford ; Lord Chief Baron ; Lord Chief 
Commissioner ; the Lord Lyon, Earl of Kinnoull ; the 
Usher of the White Rod, Sir Patrick Walker. About 
the throne were the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of 
Conyngham, Lord Melville, Lord George Beresford, 
Lord Graves, Lord Charles Bentinck, Sir Edmund 
Nagle, Mr Peel, Mr Butler, &c. &c. 

, During the presentations, his Majesty's position was 
immediately behind the door of entrance, and the Lord 
in waiting stood at the left hand, — an arrangement very 
judiciously adopted, in order to lessen the inconvenience 
of the company retiring, each of whom, on his name be- 
ing announced, made his approach, knelt, kissed the 
hand of the King, and withdrew. Thus the time occu- 
pied in the ceremony, by an individual, was actually less 
than is required to describe it ; and it was noticed by 
some of the Archers in waiting, that about fifteen were 
presented in a minute. The King himself remarked at 
the close, that there must have passed him not less than 
2000 persons ; and the subjoined list of names will show 
that his Majesty's estimate was wonderfully accurate. His 
Majesty, who, it is well known, has a remarkably quick 
eye, was observed to recognise, at a single glance, the 
different individuals who had previously had the honour 
of being presented at the court in London. 



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Besides the chieftains of clans, many noblemen and 
gentlemen appeared in the Highland garb, among whom 
were observed the Dukes of Hamilton and Argyll, the 
Earl of Breadalbane, Lord Gwydir, and Lord Glenor- 
chy. Sir William Curtis also displayed his portly person 
in the same attire ; and, it was remarked, when his Ma- 
jesty and he met, that neither could refrain from smiling, 
probably at the singularity of the worthy Baronet's ap- 
pearance. 

The following had the honour of being presented to 
his Majesty : 



DUKES. 

Hamilton 

Argyll 

Atholl, with addresses 



MARQ.UISSES. 

Queensberry, with addresses 
Tweeddale, ditto 
Lothian, ditto 



EARLS. 

Errol 

Moray, with an address 

Home 

Strathmore 

Kinnoul, with addresses 

Elgin and Kincardine 

Wemyss and March, with addresses 

Leven and Melville 

Aboyne 

Kintore, with an address 

Breadalbane, ditto 

Rosebery 

Hopetoun, with addresses 

Mansfield, ditto 

Rosslyn, (general) 

Minto 



VISCOUNTS. 

Arbuthnot, with an address 
Glenorchy 



LORDS. 

Forbes, (general) 

Saltoun 

Sinclair, on return from the continent 



Torphichen, by Marq. of Queensberry 

Blantyre, with address from Renfrew 

Belhaven, with address from Lanark 

Rollo, by the Earl of Kinnoul 

Douglas 

Abercromby, on coming to his titles, 

by Lord Melville 
Lynedoch, (general) on his return 

from the continent 
Montagu, with addresses from San- 

quhar and Hawick 
John Campbell, with addresses from 

Inverary, &c. 
Beresford, lieutenant-general 
Ashburton 

Archibald Hamilton, with an address 
John Hay, by Marquis of Tweeddale 
Robert Kerr 
Schomberg Kerr 
Arthur Hill 

F. L. Gower,with address from Wick 
Binning 

Hope, by Earl of Hopetoun 
Maitland, by Earl of Lauderdale 
Loughborough, by Earl of Rosslyn 
Elcho 
Garlies, by Lord Melville, with 

Wigton address 
Ravensworth 

Muncaster, Yorkshire hussars 
Strathaven 



RIGHT HOXOURABLES. 

Charles Grant 

Sir John Sinclair, Bart, with the ad- 
dress of the county of Caithness 



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OFFICERS OF STATE. 

Viscount Melville, Lord Privy Seal 
Wm Dunclas, Lord Clerk Register 
Sir William Rae, Lord Advocate 
David Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk. 

JUDGES. 

Lord President Hope 

Lord Chief Baron Shepherd 

Lord Chief Commissioner Adam 

Lord Glenlee 

Lord Hermand 

Lord Succoth 

Lord Balgray 

Lord Gillies 

Lord Pitmilly 

Lord Alloway 

Lord Cringletie 

Lord Meadowbank 

Baron Clerk Rattray 

Baron Sir Patrick Murray, Bart. 

Baron Hume. 

Sir John Connell 



HONOURABLES. 

G. Howard, by Lord F. L. Gower 



Colonel A. Douglas, Forfar militia, 

by Lord Douglas 
H. T. Liddell 
Captain Arbuthnot, royal-artillery, 

by Viscount Arbuthnot 
Sir C. Gordon, 93d Highlanders, by 

the Earl of Aberdeen 
John Elliot, by the Lord in waiting 
R. Hamilton, by Lord Belhaven 
John Stewart, by Earl of Moray 
J. Sinclair, by Secretary Peel 
Col. Arbuthnot, by Lord Arbuthnot 
Major-general P. Stewart 
C. F. Stewart, by Lord Blantyre 
Captain Abercromby on his promo- 
tion, by Lord Abercromby 
Capt. Napier, R.N. by Lord Melville 
Col. Ramsay, by the Earl of Errol 
Lieutenant-general Leslie 
Captain Cust, 3d dragoon guards 
James Sinclair, by Secretary Peel 
Captain Elliot, R. N. by ditto 
William Gordon 
William Stewart 

Col. Grant, Lord-lieut. Inverness- 
shire. 



Scrymgeour Wedderburn, Esq. heritable royal standard-bearer 

Captain Fergusson, with an account of the Regalia, by Sir Walter Scott 

Deans of the Chapel Royal, Drs Inglis, Grant, and Macfarlane, and Dr 

Bryce, Chaplain, by the Duke of Montrose 
Solicitor General Wedderburn 
Judges of the Consistorial Court of Scotland, Gordon, Tod, Ferguson, and 



BARONETS AND KNIGHTS. 

James Colquhoun of Colquhoun, with address, by the Duke of Montrose 

Rev. Henry Moncreiff Wellwooo* of Tullibole, by the Earl of Lauderdale 

Henry Hay Macdougall, by the Marquis of Lothian 

Robert Dick of Prestonfield, by the Marquis of Queensberry 

Alexander Don of Newton Don 

David MoncriefF, deputy-lieutenant of Perthshire, by the Duke of Atholl 

John Hay of Smithfield and Hayston, by do. 

John Hay of Park, by Lord Abercromby 

James Wemyss Mackenzie of Scatwell 

George Clerk of Pennycuick 

David Hunter Blair, vice-lieutenant of Ayrshire, by Marquis of Queensberry 

William Forbes of Pitsligo, by the Duke of Atholl 

Thomas Livingston, keeper of the Palace of Linlithgow, &c. 



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James Dalyell of Binns, by the Earl of Hopetoun 

James Baird, lieut.-col. East Lothian yeomanry, by Lord Melville 

John Hope of Craighall, lieut.-col. royal Mid-Lothian yeomanry, ditto 

John Pringle, by the Marquis of Lothian 

William Elliot 

William Jardine of Applegarth, by the Marquis of Queensberry 

James Fergusson, by Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton 

William Milliken Napier, by Lord Blantyre 

James Grant Suttie, M. P. by Lord Binning 

William Purves Hume Campbell, by the Earl of Home 

Robert Crawford Pollock of Upper Pollock 

Samuel Stirling of Glorat, by the Duke of Montrose 

John Heron Maxwell, (lieutenant-general) on promotion 

William Maxwell, vice-lieut. of Wigtonshire, by Marquis of Queensberry 

Hector Mackenzie, with addresses from Ross-shife 

Michael Shaw Stewart, by Lord Blantyre 

Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, with an address from the burgh of Haddington 

Charles M 'Donald Lockhart, royal Upper Ward yeomanry 

James Montgomery, by the Lord in waiting 

Robert Preston of Valleyfield, by Lord Melville 

William Fettes of Comely Bank 

Alexander Mallet 

Archibald Edmonston, Stirlingshire yeomanry 

Rev. Harcourt Lees, Dublin 

William Curtis 

Alexander Muir Mackenzie, by the Duke of Atholl 

William Honyman of Armadale 

Evan Murray Macgregor, on succeeding to his title, by the Duke of Atholl 

John Marjoribanks 

Michael Seymour of his Majesty's yacht 

Alexander Maitland Gibson of Clifton-hall, by the Earl of Lauderdale 

Roger Hale Sheaffe, (lieutenant-general) 

James Dunbar, royal navy, with an address from Nairn 

Coutts Trotter, by the Lord in waiting 

Robert Dundas, by Lord Melville 

Walter Scott 

Robert Liston, G. C. B. late ambassador extraordinary at Constantinople 

David Baird, (general) 

Honourable Sir Alexander Hope, (lieutenant-general) G. C. B. 

William Johnston Hope, vice-admiral, by E. Hopetoun, K. C. B. 

John Beresford, rear-admiral, K. C. B. 

Philip C. H. Durham, vice-admiral, K. C. B. 

Pulteney Malcolm, vice-admiral, K. C. B. 

James Douglas, (colonel) K. C. B. 

David Milne, (rear-admiral) K. C. B. 

Thomas Cochrane, captain, royal navy, by Sir Charles Paget 

Thomas Trowbridge, by Lord Melville 

John Hope, (lieutenant-general) by Earl of Hopetoun 

Colin Campbell, (colonel) K. C. B. from Ireland 

James Montgomerie Cuninghame of Corsehill 



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James A. Gordon, (captain R. N.) K. C. B. by the Earl of Aberdeen 

William Inglis (major-general,) K. C. B., on his marriage 

James Stewart, (general) to present the officers of his regiment 

Joseph Radcliffe, 23d dragoons, by Glengarry and Clanranald 

George Stewart, by Lord Douglas 

William Cockburn of Cockburn, (lieutenant-general) 

Charles Ker, deputy-lieutenant, Roxburghshire 

Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw 

Alexander Gordon, sheriff of Kirkcudbright 

Alexander Keith, knight marischal 

W. Keir Grant, (major-general) 

Sir James Dalrymple, (colonel) 

Sir John Oswald, K. C. B. (lieutenant-general) 

Patrick Walker, usher of the white rod 



Count de Flahault 

The Chevalier Hugot, his Most Christian Majesty's consul for Scotland 



MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. 

James Drummond of Strathallan, Perthshire 

H. Home Drummond of Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire 

John Maxwell, younger of Pollock, Renfrewshire 

Henry Montieth, Selkirk, &c. with four addresses 

T. F. Kennedy, Ayr, &c. 

J. P. Grant, Tavistock 

Charles Forbes, Malmsbury 

A. Farquharson, Elgin, &c. by Sir H. Vivian 

Honourable Captain Gordon, Aberdeenshire, with Aberdeen address 

Honourable William Maule, Forfarshire 

W. E. Lockhart, Selkirkshire, with an address 

Lieutenant-General Montgomerie, Ayrshire, with addresses 



vice and deputy-lieuten- Coventry of Devonshaw, dep.-lieut, 

ants. of Perthshire, by Duke of Atholl 

Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie, vice- Hepburn of Colquhalzie, ditto ditto, 

lieutenant of Mid Lothian, by the by ditto 

Marquis of Lothian P. Murray Thriepland of Fingask, 

Gilbert Innes of Stow, deputy-lieu- ditto ditto, by ditto 

tenant do. with an address, by do. Craigie of Dumbarnie, ditto ditto, 

Pringle of Whitebank, vice-lieuten- by ditto 

ant of Selkirkshire, by Lord Mon- Ja. Masterton of Braco, ditto ditto, 

tagu by ditto 

Gordon of Carrol, ditto of Suther- Tho. Elder Baird, ditto ditto, by do. 

landshire, by Lord F. L. Gower Geo. Mercer of Garthy, ditto ditto, 

Stewart of Alderston, ditto of East by ditto 

Lothian, by the Earl of Wemyss Craigie of Glendoick, ditto ditto, by- 
Murray of Ayton, deputy-lieutenant ditto 

of Perthshire, by the Duke of Fergusson of Woodhill, ditto ditto, 

Atholl by ditto 

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Hay of Seggieden, dep.-lieut of 
Perthshire, by the Duke of Atholl 

Small Keir of Kinmonth, ditto ditto, 
by ditto 

Murray of Murray shall, ditto ditto, 
by ditto 

John Richardson, ditto ditto, by do. 

Smy the of Methven, ditto ditto, by do. 

M 'Donald of St Martins, ditto ditto, 
by ditto 

Murray of Lintore, ditto ditto, by do. 

Mackenzie of Ord, ditto, Ross-shire, 
by ditto 

Robertson Scott of Benholra, ditto, 
Kincardineshire, by L. Arbuthnot 

Innes of Cowie, ditto ditto, by ditto 

H. J. Robertson, ditto ditto, by do. 

Scott Elliot, ditto, Dumfries and 
Roxburghshires, by the Marquis 
of Queensberry 

Boyd of Broadmeadows, ditto, Sel- 
kirkshire, by Lord Montagu 

Scott of Gala, ditto ditto, by ditto 

Gray of Carntyne, ditto, Lanark- 
shire, by the Duke of Hamilton 

Hamilton of Barns, ditto, Dumbar- 
tonshire, by the Duke of Montrose 

Hume of Carolside, ditto, Berwick- 
shire, by Lord Home 

Dickson ofStonefold,dittoditto,by do. 

Boswall of Blackadder, ditto ditto, 
by ditto 

Molle of Maines, ditto ditto, by do. 

Lieut-Gen. Scott, ditto, Mid-Lo- 
thian, by the Marquis of Lothian 

A. Drummond, ditto, Perthshire, by 
the Duke of Atholl 

MAGISTRATES. 

Provost Arthbuthnot of Edinburgh 

Bailie Henderson ditto 

Bailie Blackwood ditto 

Jn. Turnbull, city chamberlain ditto 

Thomas Kinnear, councillor ditto 

Jas. Dallas, ditto ditto 

John Crombie, ditto ditto 

Charles Cuningham, city clerk, by 

Lord Register 
Carlyle Bell, ditto, by Lord Binning 
Bailie Tullis, Canongate 



Bailie Rac, Canongate 

Bailie M'Fie, Leith, with an address, 

by Lord Melville 
Bailie Reoch, ditto, by ditto 
Bailie Newton, ditto, by ditto 
Hugh Veitch, town clerk, ditto, 

by ditto 
Gavin Hadden, provost of Aberdeen, 

with an address, by the Earl of 

Aberdeen 
James Milne, magistrate of Aber- 
deen, by ditto 
Alexander Brown, ditto, by ditto 
James Brebner, ditto, by ditto 
Thomson of Allan Park, provost of 

Stirling, with an address, by the 

Duke of Montrose 
Bailie Black of Stirling, by ditto 
Aikman of ditto, by ditto 
Paterson of ditto, by ditto 
Archibald Baine, chief magistrate of 

Greenock, with an address, by 

Lord Blantyre 
G. J. Weir, second magistrate of 

ditto, by ditto 
David Brown, provost of Dundee, 

with an address, by Lord Douglas 
James Gray, magistrate of Dundee, 

by ditto 
P. Anderson of Laws, ditto, by ditto 
Robert King, provost of Renfrew, 

with an address, by Lord Blantyre 
Ad. Boyd, bailie of ditto, by ditto 
John Brown, ditto of ditto, by ditto 
The lord provost of Glasgow, by 

Secretary Peel 
James Spreull, chamberlain, ditto, 

by ditto 
James Brown, magistrate, ditto, by 

ditto 
Arch. M'Lellan, jun. ditto, ditto, by 

ditto 
James A. Brown, ditto, ditto, by 

ditto 
Lawrence Craigie, jun. ditto, ditto, 

by ditto 
William Snell, ditto, ditto, by ditto 
William M 'Tyer, ditto, ditto, by ditto 
Stewart Smith, bailie of the river 

Clyde, by ditto 

K 



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Dean of Guild of Glasgow, by Se- 
cretary Peel 
Benj. Mathie, clerk to trades of ditto, 

by ditto 
R. Thomson, town clerk of ditto, by 

ditto 
Joseph Reid, depute ditto, by ditto 
James Brown, magistrate of ditto 
William Graham, jun. ditto ditto 
James Lumsden, jun. ditto ditto 
Wm. Lang, chief magistrate Gorbals 
Convener of the trades of Glasgow, 

with an address 
Provost Ross, Perth, with an address, 

by the Duke of Atholl 
Richardson, John, ditto senior 

magistrate 
P. G. Stewart, magistrate, ditto, by do. 
David Greig, ditto, ditto, by ditto , 
Thos. Beatson, dean of guild, ditto, 

by ditto 
Provost Carlile, Paisley, by Sec. Peel 
Robert Farquharson, magistrate, 

ditto, by ditto 
Robert Muir, ditto, ditto, by ditto 
Robert Patison, ditto, ditto, by ditto 
Provost Kerr, Dumfries, by the 

Marquis of Queensberry 
Provost Boyd, Linlithgow, with an 

address 
Provost Limond, Ayr, with an ad- 
dress, by T. F. Kennedy, M. P. 



CLERGY. 

Dr Baird, principal of Edinburgh, by 

the Duke of Atholl 
Dr Taylor, principal of Glasgow, by 

the Duke of Montrose 
Dr Brown, principal of Aberdeen, 

by the Earl Lauderdale 
Dr Nicoll, principal of St Andrews, 

by Viscount Melville. 
Dr Haldane, of St Andrews, by 

Lord Melville 
Dr Lamont, moderator of the church 

of Scotland, by Earl of Morton 
John Monson, by Sir J. P. Beresford 
Dr Blair, by the Earl of Morton 
John Paton, his Majesty's almoner, 

by the Duke of Montrose 



George Blaiker of Dublin 

Dr Gibb of Glasgow, by the Duke of 

Montrose 
William Ferrie, of St Andrews, by 

Viscount Melville. 
Robert Milne, Fort George, N. B. 
James Gregory, Edinburgh 
James Walker, M. A. of Cambridge 

and Edinburgh, by Sir J. Hope 
John Sinclair, by Sir John Sinclair 
Dr Macknight, Edinburgh, by the 

Earl of Morton 
Dr Hall, Edinburgh, by Lord Mel- 
ville 
Forbes of Strathdon, by his brother, 

Mr C. Forbes, M. P. 
Dr Lee, by Lord Melville 
Dr Jamiesoiv by Lord Binning 
George Craig Buchanan, Kinross, by 

Chief Commissioner Adam 
J ames Wallace, by Lord Binning 
Dr Moodie, by the Duke of Montrose 
William Smith, St Anne's, Belfast 
J. E. Touch of Maderty, by the Earl 

of Kinnoull 
Henry Duncan of RuthwelL by the 

Marquis of Queensberry 
H. Horsley of St Asaph, Dundee 
G. R. Gleig, A. M. of Ivychurch 

and Ash 
Right Rev. Bishop Skinner 
John Cruickshank of Arbroath 
Archibald Alison, by the Earl of 

Wemyss 
William Short, by Lord Montagu 
Edward Craig 

PROFESSORS. 

Hope, by the Earl of Hopetoun 
Jameson, with an address, by Lord 

Glenlyon 
Wilson, by Sir Walter Scott 
Sandford, by Marq. of Queensberry 
Graham, by the Duke of Montrose 

DOCTORS. 

Brewster, secretary R. S. E. 
Maclaggan, physician to the forces 
Home, one of his Majesty's physi- 
cians for Scotland 



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Hibbert, F. R. S. E. 

Duncan, sen. with an address, by the 
Earl of Wemyss 

Bow, Alnwick 

Hardie of Manchester, by the Earl 
of Elgin 

Spens, by the Earl of Hopetoun 

Jas Hamilton, sen. by Sir W. Scott 

Buchan, president of the royal college 
of physicians, by Lord Melville 

Lewins, East Lothian yeomanry, by 
Sir J. G. Baird 

Shoolbred, Bengal 

Kennedy 

Siller, by the Earl of Morton 

George Wood, by the Lord Advocate 

Alexander Hamilton 

Abercrombie, by the Earl of Elgin 

Shortt, physician to the forces 

Borthwick 

Hill, by Sir Thomas Bradford 

Thomson, by the Earl of Lauderdale 

Marshall, staff surgeon, by Sir T. 
Bradford 

Stewart, assistant-surgeon Mid-Lo- 
thian yeomanry, by Sir J. Hope 

Adolphus Ross, by Sir Walter Scott 

Geo. Bell, by Chief Com. Adam 



ADVOCATES. 

Adam Duff, sheriff-depute of Edin- 
burgh 

John Wood, ditto of Peebles, by the 
Earl of Wemyss 

S. M'Cormick, ditto of Bute, by the 
Lord Justice Clerk 

William Boswell, ditto of Berwick, 
by Lord Home 

R. Bruce, ditto of Argyll, by the 
Duke of Argyll 

William Home, ditto of Haddington, 
by Lord Binning 

John Dunlop, ditto of Renfrew, with 
an address, by Lord Blantyre 

Ranald Macdonald of Staffa, ditto 
for Stirlingshire, by the Duke of 
Montrose 

Archibald Bell, ditto of Ayr- 
shire, by the Marquis of Queens- 
berry 



H. Mackenzie, sheriff-depute of Lin- 
lithgowshire, by Colonel Grant 

J. H. Forbes, ditto of Perthshire, by 
the Duke of Atholl 

James Walker, ditto of Wigton, by 
Sir W. Maxwell 

J. C. Colquhoun, ditto of Dum- 
bartonshire, by the Duke of Mon- 
trose 

William Oliver, jun. ditto of Rox- 
burghshire, by the Marquis of 
Lothian 

James L'Amy, ditto of Forfarshire, 
by Lord Douglas 

George Douglass, ditto of Kincar- 
dine, by Viscount Arbuthn ot 

J. A. Maconochie, ditto of Orkney, 
by Lord Meadowbank 

Wm Rose Robinson, on being ap- 
pointed sheriff-depute of Lanark- 
shire, by the Lord Advocate 

James Bell, by Lord Blantyre 

William Russel, by the Lord Advo- 
cate 

Duncan Macfarlane, by Viscount 
Arbuthnot 

Robert Bell, by the Lord Chief Com- 
missioner Adam 

Francis Jeffrey, ditto 

John Cunninghame, ditto 

Charles Ross, ditto 

Duncan Matheson, by Lord F. L. 
Gower 

Hugh Lumsden, by the Earl of 
Aboyne 

Adam Urquhart, by Baron Hume 

J. Hozier, by the Duke of Montrose 

Henry Cockburn, by Sir Pultney 
Malcolm 

John Murray, by Earl of Mansfield 

Gilbert Hutcheson, by Sir Thomas 
Bradford 

George Rose 

James Simpson 

R. Hamilton, principal clerk of Ses- 
sion 

John Clerk 

Mr Solicitor General 

P. F. Tytler, by the Lord Advocate 

Duncan Macneil, ditto 



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John Hope, by the Lord President 
William Menzies, by Lord Advocate 
John Cay, of North Charlton, by 

Edward Douglas, Esq. 
Hen. S. Vans, by Gen. Dunlop 
Pat. Robertson, by Lord Binning 
E. Douglas Sandford, by the Mar- 
quis of Queensberry 
Alexander Wood, counsel of Exche- 
quer, by the Lord Advocate 
John Lockhart, by Sir Walter Scott 
George Cranstoun, by the Marquis 

of Lothian 
John Borthwick, younger of Cruick- 
ston, by Lord Melville 



GENERALS. 

Hon. Lesslie Cuming 

Campbell, on promotion, by the 

Duke of Argyll 
Dalrymple, with an address from 

North Berwick 
Maxwell 
Drummond, by the Duke of Atholl 



LIEUTENANT-GENERALS. 

Duff, by the Earl of Fife 
Martin Hunter, by Sir D. Baird 
Pye, by Lord Douglas 
Durham of Largo, by the Earl of 

Morton 
Graham, deputy-governor of Stirling 

Castle 
Hunter, by Lord Douglas 
Maitland, by the E. of Lauderdale 
Shank, by the Duke of Montrose 
Graham Stirling, by ditto 
Dunlop 



MAJOR-GENERALS. 

Sharpe 

Elliot 

Hamilton 

Dacres, on promotion 

Wallace 

Stirling, by the Duke of Montrose 

Lamont of Lamont, by D. of Argyll 

George Johnstone 

Balfour of Balbirnie, by E. of Morton 

Dugald Campbell 



COLONELS. 

Walker, E. I. C. by Lord Montagu 
Bromhead, 77th regiment 
Mair, dep.-gov. of Fort George 
Macdonald, by the Honourable Col. 

Grant of Grant 
Stewart of Garth 
Maitland, 20th regiment, by the 

Earl of Lauderdale 
Macdonell, Coldstream guards 
Dunne, 7th dragoon guards 
Ronaldson Macdonell, of Clanronald 

and Glengarry 
Murray Macgregor, by Sir E. M. 

Macgregor 
Ramsay 
Thornton 

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. 

Head, 7th dragoon guards 
Holmes, 3d dragoon guards, by Sir 

Thomas Bradford 
Alex. Cameron, late rifle brigade 
M'Creagh, 13th regiment 
Wemyss, half-pay 93d regiment 
Colquhoun Grant, 54th regiment 
Thackeray, royal engineers 
Hankin, 2d R. N. B. dragoons, by 

Sir J. Steuart 
Spens, East India Company's service 
Howard, late 23d lancers 
Campbell, E. I. C. service, by the 

Duke of Argyll 
Wm. Munro, Malta regiment, by do. 
Oswald, C. B. 
Tytler, fort-major of Stirling Castle, 

by Sir Thomas Bradford 
Wauchope, half-pay 26th regiment 
Lindesay, C. B. 39th regiment 
Buchanan of Ardoch, M. P. with an 

address from the lieutenancy of 

Dumblane, by Duke of Montrose 
Knight Erskine, by Duke of Atholl 
Rose, with an address from Nairn 
Younghusband, 7th dragoon guards 
Hastings, inspecting field-officer, by 

Lord Douglas 
H. V. Whyte, E. I. C. service 
Balvaird, rifle brigade, by Sir A. 

Barnard 



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Napier, by the Earl of Hopetoun 
M. White, honorary aid-de-camp to 

Marquis Hastings 
Maitland, Hon. 32d regiment, by 

the Earl of Lauderdale 
Dodgin, C. B. 66th regiment 
Moubray, late Sicilian regiment, by 

Lieutenant-General Duff 
F. Walker, R. A. by Sir T. Bradford 
Lascelles, 66th regiment 
Smith, C. B. major of brigade, by 

Sir T. Bradford 
Walker, lieut. -governor of Sheerness 
Stewart 
Anderson 

Macdonell, by Glengarry 
Burton, late of the royal fusileers 
Hutcheson, E. I. C. service 
Elphinstone 

Macdonell, 25th foot, by Glengarry 
Waller, adjt.quar.-mast.-gen. North 

British staff 
Aitchison, 3d guards 
M'Douall, C. B. 
James Stanhope 

MAJORS. 

Allan Cameron, late 6th R. V. bat- 
talion 

Power, 7th dragoon guards 

Sale, 13th regiment 

Macdougal, 85th ditto 

Harvey 

Belshes, 59th foot, by Lord Lyne- 
doch 

Taylor, 48 th ditto, on promotion 

D. Campbell, royal artillery 

Bethune 

Moray, 19th lancers, by Earl of Errol 

W. D. Spooner, Scots Greys 

Wedderburn, Coldstream guards, by 
the Earl of Hopetoun 

Macdonell, late 17th light dragoons, 
by Glengarry and Clanronald 

Nairne, inspector of barracks, by 
the Duke of Atholl 

Rainey, aid-de-camp to Sir Thomas 
Bradford 

Addison, 80th regiment 

Martin, 3d dragoon guard* 



Morrison, 7th dragoon guards 
Hugh Macgregor, 63d regiment, by 

Sir E. Macgregor 
James Sharp, Bengal army, by the 

Duke of Atholl 
Thomson, 6th regiment 
Pringle, 31st regiment 
Thomson, royal engineers 
Watts, 3d dragoon guards 
Place, 77th regiment 
Maclaine, ditto, on promotion 
Mackay, by Lord F. L. Gower 
Donald Macgregor, 58th regiment, 

by Sir E. Macgregor 

CAPTAINS. 

Ellard, 13th regiment 

Maunsell, 3d dragoon guards, by 

Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes 
Aitken, 13th regiment 
Hill, 3d dragoon guards, by Sir E. 

Nagle 
Donaldson, Bengal army 
Duncan, 66th regiment 
Kingsmill, ditto, on promotion 
Bradshaw, 77th ditto 
Robertson, 14th ditto, by Sir E. 

Macgregor 
Burnside, 13th ditto 
Bruce, grenadier guards 
St John Clerk, 77th regiment 
Carnegie, half-pay 
Johnson, 13th regiment 
Mackenzie, 77th ditto, on promotion 
Penny cuik, 78th ditto 
Pigott, 77th ditto 
Saunders, royal horse artillery 
Walcott, ditto 
Baird, 77th regiment 
Gray, late 6th royal veteran battalion 
Lindsay, grenadier guards 
Macdowall, 10th regiment, by the 

Duke of Montrose 
Macduff of Bonhard, by the Duke 

of Atholl 
Stewart, 15th hussars 
Tronson, 13th regiment 
W. Hay, E. I. C. service 
James Fraser, 78th regiment 
Wm. Mackenzie, half-pay 6th do. 



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W. Hope, E. I. C. service, by Sir 

John Hope 
A. F. Mackintosh, by the Duke of 

Atholl 
Stewart, 91st regt. by Gen. Campbell 
M'Pherson, 13th ditto 
Reed, ditto 
Moncrieff of Culfargie, by the Duke 

of Atholl 
Waterman, 13th regiment 
Johnson, ditto 
Chalmer, royal artillery, by Viscount 

Arbuthnot 
Macpherson, 2d R. V. B. 
Prosser, 3d dragoon guards 
Sturges, Scots greys, on promotion 
Wyndham, ditto 
Cathcart, 7th hussars 
Macdonell, half-pay 25th regiment, 

by Glengarry 
Gape, Scots greys 
Sutherland, 3d regiment 
Campbell, royal horse artillery, by 

the Duke of Argyll 
S. Brown 

Gowdie, late 1.0th lancers 
Walsh, royal artillery 
Jeffery, 77th regiment 
Inglis, late King's German legion, 

by the Earl of Morton 
Mills, Scots greys 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Pyne, 13th regiment 

Kelly, ditto 

M'Crummen, 11th regiment 

Greene, 3d dragoon guards, by Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Holmes 

Suttie, by Lord Binning 

Wemyss, 21st regiment, by the Earl 
of Weymss 

Mackenzie, 3d dragoons 

Tatton, 77th regiment 

Faulknor, ditto 

M'Nivin, 26th regt. by Col. Stewart 

J. A. Wilson, royal artillery, by the 
Lord Chief Commissioner Adam 

Wardell, 66th regt. on promotion 

Law, royal artillery 

Grant, 27th regiment 



Beresford, 21st regiment, by Lord 

Beresford 
Lord Loughborough, 47th ditto, by 
the Earl of Rosslyn 

Macdonald, 91st regiment, by Ge- 
neral Duncan Campbell 

Oram, royal Scots greys, on promo- 
tion 

Street, royal artillery 

Usher, 66th regiment, 

C. Hay, Coldstream guards, by the 
Duke of Atholl 

Murray, 66th regiment, by the Earl 
of Hopetoun 

M'Dowall, 2d life guards, by Earl 
Cathcart 

Norval, 3d foot guards, by the Earl 
of Hopetoun 

Rothe, 13th regiment 

Broomfield, 4th dragoon guards, by 
the Duke of Argyll 

Barry, 11th regiment 

Bennett, 7th dragoon guards 

J. B. Ford, late 6th R. V. battalion 

Molyneux, 77th regiment 

James Tweedie, Scotch brigade 

Strangways, royal horse artillery 

Meredith, 13th regiment 

Crawford, Scots greys, by Sir J. 
Steuart 

Tinling, 13th regiment 

Clarke, Scots greys, on promotion 

Anderson, royal horse artillery 

Urquhart, 20th regiment 

Lloyd, Scots greys 

Askew, ditto 

Black, 74th regiment 

W. Mackenzie, half-pay 92d regi- 
ment, by Lord F. L. Gower 

Wilson, half-pay 93d regiment 

Head, royal engineers, by the Earl 
of Errol 

Chalmer, 7th dragoon guards 

Carm. Smyth, by Lord Lynedoch 

Marshall, 77th regiment 

A. White, Bengal army 

Fred. Hope, loth regiment, by the 
Earl of Hopetoun 

J. Smith, half-pay 78th regiment 

Byrne, 77th ditto 



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CORNETS AND ENSIGNS. 

Ralston, cornet 25th dragoons 
Unett, ditto 7th dragoon guards, 
Flood, ensign 13th regiment 
Kershaw, ditto ditto 
Cuningham,cornet3d dragoon guards, 

by Lord Blantyre 
Daly ell, ditto 5 th dragoon guards, 

by the Earl of Wemyss 
Champain, ensign 77th regiment 
Jones, ditto 13th ditto 
Edlman, cornet Scots greys 
Campbell, ensign 74th regiment 
Brownrigg, ditto 13th ditto 
Wingfield, ditto ditto 
De Fountain, ditto 66th ditto 
Gould, ditto ditto 
England, ditto 77th ditto 
Alexander Graham, ditto 1st ditto 
Clark, ditto 77th ditto 
Todd, cornet 3d dragoon guards 
Peirse, ditto ditto 
Hobart, ditto Scots greys 
R. Markham, ditto ditto 
Markham, ditto 3d dragoon guards 

NAVAL AND MILITARY CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT. 

Grimes, paymaster 13th regiment 
Henderson, assistant-surgeon ditto 
Heacock, paymaster 77th ditto 
Meiklam, surgeon ditto 
Ogilvie, surgeon royal artillery 
Campbell, royal lancers 
Frazer, assistant-surgeon 77th foot 
Rev. M. Sampson, H. M. S. Forte 
Kerr, paymaster 66th regiment 
Dr Annesley, Scots greys 
Dunlop, assistant-surgeon 29th re- 
giment, by the Lord Justice Clerk 
John Stigant, purser H. M. S. Egeria 
D. A. Commissary -general Frederick 

Graham, by the Duke of Atholl 
Colvin, surgeon royal navy 
Dr Finlayson, ditto 
Commissary -general Young, by the 

Marquis of Queen sberry 
A. Stewart, assistant-surgeon Scots 

greys, by Sir James Steuart 
Dr John S. Ramsay, royal navy 



MILITIA, LOCAL MILITIA, AND 
YEOMANRY. 

Colonels. 

Campbell, Renfrewshire militia, with 
"four addresses, by Lord Blantyre 

Muir, 2d Renfrewshire do. by ditto 

Mackenzie Fraser, Ross-shire ditto, 
by Lord Forbes 

Russel, Stirlingshire ditto, by the 
Duke of Montrose 

Urquhart, Aberdeenshire local mili- 
tia, by Lord Fife 

Lieutenant -Colonels. 
Scott, Edinburgh militia, by Mar- 
quis of Lothian 
Oliphant, Perth ditto, by the Duke 

of Atholl 
Gordon, Aberdeenshire ditto, by the 

Earl of Aboyne 
Bonar, East Kent local militia, by 

Earl of Leven and Melville 
Mackenzie, Ross-shire ditto, by Sir 

Hector Mackenzie 
Cooper, Stirling ditto, by the Duke 

of Montrose 
Earle, Liverpool ditto 
Hamilton, 2d Ayr yeomanry, by 

the Earl of Hopetoun 
Crawfurd, 1st Ayrshire ditto 
Murray, Stirling ditto, by the Duke 

of Montrose 
M'Murdo, Dumfries ditto, by the 

Marquis of Queensberry 
Anstruther Thomson, Fife ditto, by 

Earl of Leven and Melville 
Leathern, (late 4th dragoon guards) 

Mid-Lothian ditto 
Alston, Glasgow sharp-shooters, by 

the Duke of Hamilton 

Majors. 

Craik, Galloway militia, by the Mar- 
quis of Queensberry 

Scott, 2d Mid-Lothian local ditto 

Hamilton Dundas, West Lothian 
yeomanry, by Earl of Hopetoun 

M'Lean of Ardgour, East Lothian 
ditto, by the Duke of Argyll 



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Gordon, Aberdeenshire local militia 
Swinton, Berwickshire yeomanry, by 

Sir Walter Scott 
Denniston of Colegrain, Dumbarton 

ditto, by the Duke of Montrose 
Graham Stirling, Stirlingshire ditto, 

by ditto 
Montgomery, Ayrshire ditto, by the 

Lord Justice-Clerk 
Sharp, West Lothian ditto, by the 

Earl of Hopetoun 

Captains. 
Fullarton, Lanarkshire militia, by 

the Duke of Hamilton 
Dundas, Mid Lothian yeomanry, by 

Lord Melville 
Baillie, West Lothian ditto, by the 

Earl of Hopetoun 
G. Wauchope, Mid-Lothian ditto, 

by Lord Melville 
Oswald, 1st Ayrshire ditto, by Sir 

D. H. Blair 
Hamilton, 2d ditto, ditto 
Hamilton, Tyrhugh ditto 
W. H. Anderson, East Lothian ditto, 

by Lord Binning 
Brown, 2d Ayrshire ditto 
Alexander, ditto ditto, by the Mar- 
quis of Queensberry 
R. Cockburn, Mid-Lothtan ditto, by 

Lord Melville 
Hay of Spott, East Lothian ditto, by 

Sir J. G. Baird 
Lockhart, Lanarkshire ditto, by Sir 

James Stewart 
Walker, Mid-Lothian ditto, by Lord 

Melville 
Rigg, Fifeshire ditto, by the Earl of 

Leven 
Campbell, Dumbartonshire ditto, by 

the Duke of Montrose 
Fergusson, 1st Ayrshire ditto, by 

Sir H. D. Hamilton 
W. Campbell of Fairfield, ditto, by 

the Vice-Lieutenant 
Fletcher Campbell, Stirling ditto, by 

the Duke of Montrose 
Hathorn, Wigton ditto, by Sir W 
Maxwell 



Horrocks, Dumbartonshire ditto, by 

Sir J. Beresford 
Gillespie, Fifeshire ditto, by the 

Earl of Leven 
Bruce, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Wood, ditto ditto, by the Earl of 

Morton 
Bonar, Berwickshire ditto, by the 

Earl of Home 
Buchanan, Dumbartonshire ditto, by 

the Duke of Montrose 
Hunter, 2d Ayr ditto, by Sir D. H. 

Blair 

Lieutenants. 
Dixon, Dumbartonshire yeomanry, 

by the Duke of Montrose 
Murray, Stirlingshire ditto, by ditto 
Kibble, Renfrewshire ditto, by Lord 

Blantyre 
Campbell, 1st Ayrshire ditto, by Sir 

D. H. Blair 
Buchanan, Airdrie ditto, by ditto 
Whiteside, Ayrshire ditto 
Hunter of Thurston, East Lothian 

ditto, by Sir J. G. Baird 
Aitchison, Mid-Lothian ditto, by 

Lord Melville 
Tait, Clackmannan ditto, by the 

Earl of Mansfield 
Davidson, Stirlingshire ditto, by the 

Duke of Montrose 
Johnston, West Lothian ditto, by 

the Earl of Hopetoun 
Stewart, Wigtonshire, ditto, by Sir 

W. Maxwell 
Macvicar, Stirlingshire ditto, by the 

Duke of Montrose 
Smith, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Clerk Rattray, Mid-Lothian ditto, 

by Lord Melville 
Newton, ditto ditto, by ditto 
P. Ramsay, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Hay, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Spottiswoode, light-horse volun- 
teers 
Ranken, Glasgow sharp-shooters, by 

the Duke of Hamilton 
Hamilton, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Paterson, ditto ditto, by ditto 



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Cornels and Ensigns. 
J. R. Carter, Barbadoes militia 
Keir, Renfrewshire yeomanry, by 

Lord Blantyre 
Williamson, Roxburghshire ditto, 

by Lieut-Col. E. Lockhart, M.P. 
Bonar, Mid-Lothian ditto, by Lord 

Melville 
Dennistoun, Dumbartonshire ditto, 

by the Duke of Montrose 
Home, Mid-Lothian ditto, by Lord 

Melville 
Mitchell, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Galbraith, Stirlingshire ditto, by the 

Duke of Montrose 
Smith, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Dunlop, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Rennie, East Lothian ditto, by Sir 

J. G. Baird 
Mitchell, Mid-Lothian ditto, by 

Lord Melville 
W. Gibson, ditto ditto, by ditto 
Erskine of Aberdona, Clackmannan- 
shire ditto, by Lord Abercromby 
Warren Hastings Anderson, East 

Lothian ditto, by Lord Binning 
Hamilton Dundas, West Lothian 

ditto, by the Earl of Hopetoun 
D. M. Bruce, Stirlingshire ditto, by 

Lord Abercromby 
J. M. Hog, West Lothian ditto, by 

the Earl of Hopetoun 

REAR-ADMIRALS. 

R. H. Moubray, C. B. by the Earl 
of Moray 

Smith, on promotion, by Sir Wil- 
liam Johnstone Hope 



CAP TAIN 9 OF ROYAL NAVY. 

Stirling, by Lord Melville 

Porteous 

A. R. Kerr, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

R. H. Barclay 

D. Hope 

Luke 

Smollett, by Lord Keith 

J. G. Boss 

J. Clephan 

Fyffe 



J. D. Boswali 

Elliot 

Sharpe, C. B. 

J. H. Tait, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

Adam 

Wauchope 

Loch 

Tailour 

Ramage, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

C.J. Johnstone, by Sir W.Johnstone 
Hope, K. C. B. 

Sandilands, by ditto 

Duff, by the Earl of Fife 

Cathcart, by Lord Melville 

Curtis, by Sir W. Curtis 

Stoddart 

Tattnall, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

A. Thomson, by ditto 

Farquhar, C. B. by ditto 

Wemyss 

Houston Stewart, by Lord Blan- 
tyre 

Wilkie 

Forbes Drummond 

Bruce, on promotion 

Chambers, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

Duncan 

H. Forbes, by the Earl of Morton 

Frederick Maitland, by Lord Mel- 
ville 

Kippen 

Alexander Montgomerie, by the Lord 
Justice Clerk 

G. C. Mackenzie 

Macdougall, younger of Macdougall 

Nicolas, C. B. 

Coutts Crawford, by Sir W. J. Hope 

Robert Ramsay, C. B. 

C. S. White, by the Lord Chief 
Baron 

James Rose, with an address from 
Nairne 

A. Maitland, by the Earl of Lauder- 
dale 

Montagu, by Sir J. P. Beresford 

Hugh Pearson 

Dalyell, by the Earl of Hopetoun 

W. Hope Johnstone, by Sir W. 
Johnstone Hope 

Pringle, by Lord Montagu 



144 



A. Campbell, on promotion, by the 

Duke of Argyll 
Robert Maunsell 
John Thomson 
Douglas 
Stuart 
C. Mitchell 
W. G. C. Kent 
P. Campbell 

G. Rennie, by Sir W. Hope 
Aitchison 
Warren 
Waller 
Spear 
Stevenson 
Fletcher 
Deans 
Knight 
Scott 

Black, C. B. by Sir J. P. Beresford 
Farquhar, C. B. by ditto 
James Hay 

LIEUTENANTS, R. V. 

Robert Welsh 

S. R. Whitecombe, by Sir J. P. 

Beresford 
Cochrane, by ditto 
King, by Sir Thos. Cochrane 
George Russell 
W. A. Thomson, by the Earl of 

Breadalbane 
T. Cowan 

John Tulloh, by the Earl of Fife 
C. Wemyss, by Captain Weymss 
Harrington, by Sir J. P. Beresford 
Cheape, by the Earl of Hopetoun 
R. Stuart, by the Lord Provost of 

Edinburgh 
Wyvill, by Sir J. P. Beresford 
Mitchell, by ditto 
Bogle 

Smail, by the Earl of Home 
A. Bertram, by Sir J. S. Denham 
F. A. B. Stewart, by Duke of Argyll 
C. Hope, by „the Lord President 
Macdowall, by Sir D. Milne 
Narracott, by Sir J. P. Beresford 
Alex. Robertson, by Sir P. Malcolm, 

R. C. B. 



Steele, by J. Wemyss, Esq. M. P. 
J. G. Dewar, by Sir D. Milne 
Durham Calderwood, by Sir P. 

Durham 
Geo. Hope Johnstone, by the Earl 

of Hopetoun 
J. J. Johnstone, on his return from 

abroad 
C. Cotton, on promotion 
F. Blair, on his return from the 

West Indies 
Charles Reid 
Justice 
Charles Thomson, by Sir C. Paget 

MESSIEURS. 

Abercromby of Birkenbog, by the 

Earl of Fife 
Alexander of South Barr, by Lord 

Blantyre 
Alexander, William Maxwell, by 

the Marquis of Queensberry 
Alexander, Boyd, by ditto 
Allan, by the Earl of Leven 
Allan, Thos., by Earl of Strathmore 
Anderson of Moredun, by Sir Geo. 

Clerk 
Anderson, A. M., writer 
Anderson of St Germains, by Lord 

Binning 
Antrobus, Mr Crawfurd, secretary 

of legation 
Aynsley, Murray, by the Duke of 

Atholl 

Baillie of Jerviswood, by Lord Bin- 
ning 

Baillie, G., younger of Jerviswood, 
by the Earl of Home 

Baird of Newbyth, by Sir David 
Baird 

Baird, James, younger of Forneth, 
by Duke of Atholl 

Balfour, Charles, by the Earl of 
Lauderdale 

Balfour of Whittinghame, by ditto 

Balfour 

Balfour, F., of Fernie 

Bell, Wm., W. S., by Lord Chief 
Commissioner Adam 



145 



Bell, John, of Craigow, by Sir 

William Maxwell, Bart. 
Binning, Morris, by the Duke of 

Montrose 
Blair of Blair, by Marquis of 

Queensberry 

Bonar, , by the Earl of Home 

Boyd, Archibald, jun. of Broad- 

meadows, by Sir Walter Scott 
Brebner, Alexander, of Learney, by 

Earl of Aboyne 
Brown of Waterhaughs, by the Duke 

of Montrose 
Brown, James, A., of Glasgow 
Bruce, Charles, by the Earl of Elgin 
Bruce, by Sir Andrew Bar- 
nard 
Bruce, Mr Steuart, by ditto 
Bruce, commissioner of customs, by 

Lord Melville 
Buchanan, Andrew, of Drumpellier, 

by Duke of Hamilton 
Buchanan, M'Donald, of Drumma- 

kilL, by the Duke of Montrose 
Buchanan of Arnprior, by ditto 
Burnett, Secretary to the Lord High 

Constable, by the Earl of Errol 

Campbell of Achnacroich, by the 

Duke of Argyll 
Campbell of Southhall, by ditto 
Campbell of Stonefield, by the Earl 

of Breadalbane 
Campbell of Dalserf, by ditto 
Campbell of Barcaldine, by ditto 
Campbell of Hagton-hill, by Lord 

Blantyre 
Campbell, M. N. Orchard Park, by 

Duke of Argyll 
Carnegy, by Lord Douglas 
Cathcart, William, of Tours, by 

Marquis of Queensberry 
Cathcart of Blairstone, by Earl of 

Cathcart 
Chisholm of Chisholm 
Cleland, James, superintendent of 

public works, Glasgow 
Cochrane, P., of Clippings, by Lord 

Blantyre 
Cockbum of Cockbum 



Come of Culloch, by Lord Chief 

Commissioner Adam 
Cranstown, by Lord Ashburton 
Craufurd, Howison, of Craufurd 

Land, by Lieutenant General 

Montgomerie 
Cregoe, Frind 

Dickson, Samuel 

Douglas, Edward, by the Marquis 

of Queensberry 
Drummond, John G. Home, by 

Earl of Moray 
Drysdale, younger of Pitteuchar, by 

Captain Wemyss 
Duff of Hatton, by Earl of Fife 
Duff of Fetteresso, by ditto 
Duff, younger of ditto, by Earl of 

Errol 
Duncan, James, Beveridge 
Dundas, William Pitt, by Lord 

Melville 
Dundas of Dundas, by ditto 

Earl, Edward, of customs, by Lord 
Melville 

Elphinstone, Fullerton 

Elphinstone, Dalrymple Horn, by 
Lord Keith 

Erskine, , by the Eai-1 of Lau- 
derdale 

Ewart, J. C, by the Lord Chief 
Commissioner Adam 

Ewing, James, Glasgow, by Se- 
cretary Peel 

Falconar of Falcon Hall 

Ferguson of Kilrie, by the Earl of 
Rosslyn 

Findlay, Robert, Glasgow, by Secre- 
tary Peel. 

Finlay, Kirkman, by the Duke of 
Hamilton 

Fletcher of Saltoun, by Lord Keith 

Forbes, George, by Lord Forbes 

Forbes, Charles, jun. by his father, 
Mr Charles Forbes, M. P. 

Forbes, John, by ditto 

Fordyce of Ayton, by Earl of Home 

Fothringham, commis. of excise 






146 



Fraser of Torbreck, by the Earl 

of Lauderdale 
Fullarton, younger of Fullarton, by 

Lieutenant-General Montgomerie 
Fullerton, John, by the Hon. W. 

F. Elphinstone 

Gait, John 

Gibson, by Marquis of Tweeddale 
Gilbert, R. 

Gilchrist, by Lord Chief Commis- 
sioner Adam 
Gillespie, younger of Orchill, by the 

Duke of Atholl 
Gleed, solicitor of excise 
Gloag of Limefleld 
Gordon, by Viscount Arbuthnot 
Gordon of Craig, by Sir P. Mal- 

com 
Gordon of Fyvie, by E. of Aberdeen 
Gore, Montague 
Graham, by Lord Lynedoch 
Grant of Red Castle 
Grant, Macdowall, by Lord Saltoun 
Grant, Francis, by Sir W. Scott, 

Bart. 
Grant, jun. of Rothiemurchus, by 

his father 
Grant, James Murray, of Glenmo- 

riston, by the Hon. C. F. W. 

Grant 
Gray, jun. of Carntyne, by the Duke 

of Hamilton 
Gregory, Donald, by Sir Evan Mac- 

gregor 
Grieve, James, of Ord House 

Hall, jun. of Dunglas 

Hamilton of Sundrum, by Lord 

Melville 
Hamilton, Robert 
Hamilton of Barns 
Hamilton, Alexander, by the Earl 

of Strathmore 
Hamilton of Grange, by Sir David 

Hunter Blair, Bart. 
Hamilton of Karnes, by the Earl of 

Strathmore 
Hamilton, attached to embassy of 

Netherlands, by Lord Binning 



Hawkins, James Whitshed, by Lord 
Douglas 

Hay, Samuel, by the Duke of Atholl 

Hay of Nuran, by Earl of Elgin 

Hay, William, of Drummelzier, by 
the Earl of Lauderdale 

Hay, by the Earl of Wemyss 

Higgins, B., by the Earl of Lauder- 
dale 

Hill, Lawrence, LL.B. by the Right 
Hon. Sir R. Liston 

Hood of Stoneridge, by the Earl of 
Home 

Hood, Robert, of Glasgow, by Se- 
cretary Peel 

Hotchkis of Temple-hall, by Earl of 
Lauderdale 

Houston of Johnstone, by Lord 
Blantyre 

Inglis of Auchindinny, by Sir Robert 

Liston 
Inglis, William, W.S. by the Duke 

of Hamilton 
Inglis, James, by ditto 

Jardine, H., King's remembrancer 

of exchequer 
Johnston of Stratoun, by the Earl 

of Hopetoun 
Johnstone Hope of Annandale, by 

Sir W. Johnstone Hope 

Kincardine, D. G., by Viscount Ar- 
buthnot 

Legh, Peter, Cheshire legion 
Linning, Michael, by the Duke of 

Atholl 
Loch, by Lord Chief Commissioner 

Adam 
Lockhart of Germiston 
Low, by Earl of Leven 
Lyall, John, by the Earl of Aboyne 

Macdonald of Callie, by the Mar- 
quis of Lothian 

Macdonald, M. N., W. S. 

Macdonald, Archibald, jun. by Sir 
J. Sinclair, Bart. 



147 



Macdonald, jun. of Dalness, by 
Glengarry 

Macdonell of Barrisdale, by ditto 

Macdonnell, Duncan, Shian, by do. 

Macdowall of Garthland, by Lord 
Blantyre 

M'Farlane, William, of Portsburgh, 
by the Marquis of Lothian 

M'Intosh 

Mackenzie, deputy-keeper of the sig- 
net, by the Lord-Clerk Register 

Mackenzie, W., clerk to the signet, 
with an address from the burgh 
of Fortrose, by Lord F. L. Gower 

Mackenzie of Kilcoy 

Mackenzie, Hay, of Cromarty, by 
the Marquis of Tweeddale 

Mackenzie, Francis A. 

Mackenzie, C. A. 

Mackenzie, Roderick, W. S. 

Mackenzie, John W., by Mr Ken- 
nedy, M. P. 

Macleod, by Sir Walter Scott, 
Bart. 

Macleod, jun. of Cadbole, with an 
address from the county of Cro- 
marty, by Lord Binning 

Macneill of Oakfield, by the Duke 
of Argyll 

Maitland, younger of Dundrennan, 
by the Lord Chief Baron 

Malcolm of Poltalloch, by the Duke 
of Argyll 

Mansfield of Midmar, by the Earl 
of Fife 

Maule, John 

Max tone of Cultoquhey, by Lord 
Lynedoch 

Maxwell, by the Earl of Hope- 
toun 

Melville, A. L., by Earl of Leven 

Menteath, Stuart, of Closeburn, by 
the Marquis of Queensberry 

Menteath, James Stuart, on his re- 
turn from abroad, by ditto 

Mercer of Mavisbank, by Lord Mel- 
ville 

Mercer, W. S. 

Miller of Craigentinny, by the Earl 
of Lauderdale 



Mitchell of Parsons' Green, by the 

Earl of Lauderdale 
Mitchell 
Moir of Leckie, by the Duke of 

Montrose 
Moncrieff, by the Earl of Lauderdale 
Morison of Auchintoul, by Lord 

Saltoun 
Munro, by Sir Robert Liston 
Murchison 

Murray of Broughton 
Murray of Dollerie, by the Duke of 

Atholl 
Murray, younger of Ay ton, by Lord 

Chief Commissioner Adam 

Napier of Blackstoun, by Lord Blan- 
tyre 
Napier, Mark, by the Earl of Hope- 

toun 
Nasmyth, by Sir H. H. Dalrymple 
Newton, Hay, younger of Newton 
Nicholson, Stewart, by the Duke of 

Montrose 
Nisbettof Cairnhill,by Duke of Atholl 

Ogilvie of Chesters, by the Marquis 

of Lothian 
Oliphant, Anthony, by the Duke of 

Atholl 
Osborn, commissioner of customs, by 

Lord Melville 

Page, Arthur, by Mr Forbes, M. P. 
Parish, Woodbine, chairman of excise 
Pattison, Robert, by Secretary Peel 
Patton, J. M. jun. of Glenalmond, 

by the Duke of Atholl 
Petham, Mitchell, by Lord M. Gower 
Petham 

Philips, Lawrence, Glasgow, by Se- 
cretary Peel 
Pitt, William, by Lord Douglas 
Pringle of Torwoodlee, by Lord 
Montagu 

Raeburn, by the Earl of Wemyss 
Ramsay, Robert, by Sir J. S. Den- 

ham, Bart. 
Rattery, Robert 



148 



Reddie, James 

Reid, architect to his Majesty, by 

Lord Chief Baron 
Riddell, Campbell, by the Duke of 

Montrose 
Ritchie, Henry, of Busbie, by the 

Marquis of Queensberry 
Rolland of Gask, crown-agent, by 

the Lord Advocate 
Ross, Charles, by the Lord Chief 

Commissioner Adam 
Rutherford of Edgerston, by the 

Marquis of Lothian 

Sampayo, F. T. by Lord Beresford 

Sandeman, H. F. of Springland, by 
the Earl of Fife 

Saunders, W. H. 

Scott, Thomas 

Scott of Harden 

Shepherd, by the Lord Chief Baron 

Sinclair, Alexander, by Sir J. Sin- 
clair, Bart. 

Sinclair, George, by ditto 

Skene of Rubislaw, by the Earl of 
Aberdeen 

Skene of Skene, by the Earl of Fife 

Smith of Jordan-hill, by Lord Blan- 
tyre 

Smith, Stewart, by Secretary Peel 

Smith, William Adams, by the Earl 
of Rosslyn 

Staveley, by the Duke of Hamilton 

Stewart, Mark, by Sir William 
Maxwell 

Stewart of Physgill, by ditto 

Stewart, P. M. Shaw, by Lord 
Blantyre 

Stewart of Achnacow, by Glengarry 

Stewart, J. Shaw, by Lord Blan- 
tyre 

Stewart, younger of Ardvorlich, by 
the Duke of Atholl 

Stirling, by Lord Douglas 

Stirling, Garthshore, of Craigbarnet, 
by the Duke of Montrose 

Stirling, Charles, Glasgow, by Secre- 
tary Peel 

Stott, by the Lord Chief Commis- 
sioner Adam 



Stuart, James, of Dunearn, by the 
Earl of Lauderdale 

Tait, younger of Pirn, by Lord 

Melville 
Taylor, by Lieut.-Gen. Duff 
Tennant, Hugh, by Lord Archibald 

Hamilton 
Thomson of Banchory, by the Earl 

of Aberdeen 
Thomson, deputy register of Scot- 
land, by the Lord Register 
Thomson, Mr 

Thomson, Robert, by Secretary Peel 
Threipland, Moncrieff, by Lord 

Belhaven 
Trotter of Dreghorn, by the Marquis 

of Lothian 
Tytler, P. Fraser, by Lord Advocate 
Tytler of Woodhouselee, by the 

Earl of Morton 

Udney of Udney, by Earl of Aberdeen 

Veitch of Eliock, commissioner of 

customs, by Lord Melville 
Venables, by Secretary Peel 
Vere, Hope, by theEarlof Hopetoun 

Wallace, Robert 
Walrond, by Lord Douglas 
Wardrop, surgeon-extraordinary to 

the King 
Warrand 
Watson of Bridge Castle, by Sir P. 

Walker 
Watson of Saughton, by the Mar- 
quis of Lothian 
Wauchope of Edmonstone 
Wedderburn, Scrymgeour, by the 

Earl of Hopetoun 
Wedderburn, John, by the Duke of 

Argyll 
Whiggins, W. B., by Lord Mea- 

dowbank 
Whigham of Lochpatrick, by the 

Marquis of Queensberry 
Wilkie, R. A. by Sir W.Scott, Bart. 
Wright, Guthrie, auditor of Court 

of Session, by Earl of Aberdeen 



149 

The levee closed about a quarter past three, and his 
Majesty immediately held a Privy Council, which was 
composed of the following noblemen and gentlemen : 

The Duke of Montrose Right Honourable William Dundas 

The Duke of Atholl Sir John Sinclair, Bart. 

The Duke of Dorset Right Honourable Robert Peel, Se- 
The Marquis of Conyngham cretary for the Home Department 

Marquis of Winchester Right Hon. William Adam, Lord 
Earl of Lauderdale Chief Commissioner 

Earl of Elgin Sir Samuel Shepherd 

Earl Cathcart Lord Chief Baron 

Lord Viscount Melville Right Hon. David Boyle, Lord Jus- 
Lord G. T. Beresford tice Clerk, &c. 
Lord Gwydir 

On this occasion, the Right Honourable Charles Hope, 
Lord President of the Court of Session, was sworn in a 
Member of the Privy Council. 

The Council sat more than half an hour. About a 
quarter past four, his Majesty took his departure in a car- 
riage and four for Dalkeith, accompanied by the Duke 
of Dorset and the Marquis of Conyngham. On getting 
into his carriage, his Majesty was surrounded by an im- 
mense concourse of people, who expressed their duty and 
affection by loud acclamations, and by the waving of hats 
and handkerchiefs. His Majesty replied to these testi- 
monies of loyalty by waving his hand and politely bow- 
ing to the people, who continued to crowd round the car- 
riage, and to run after it a considerable way through the 
park. 



150 



CHAP. VI. 



On Sunday, the 18th of August, in the churches of Edin- 
burgh, and in the churches of all the parishes where the 
intelligence had been received, thanks were offered up 
for the safe arrival of his Majesty, in his ancient king- 
dom of Scotland, and the Divine blessing implored up- 
on an event so memorable, and so grateful to the feelings 
of his people. The day was passed by the King in 
privacy ; while several of his suit employed themselves 
in visiting Roslin castle and chapel, and the surrounding 
scenery. The Earl of Fife and Lord Gwdyir had the 
honour of dining with his Majesty. 

On Monday, the 19th August, at half-past two o'clock, 
his Majesty held a court and closet audience at Holy rood 
Palace. The usual arrangements were made in the court- 
yard for the preservation of order and regularity of en- 
trance. Troops of the Scots Greys were stationed at the 
different avenues, and the Royal Archers were on duty 
within the quadrangle ofcthe Palace.* Many noblemen and 
official persons of the roj'al household assembled so early 
as twelve o'clock to make the necessary arrangements ; and 
at all the avenues, but particularly at that for his Majes- 
ty's entrance, crowds of ladies and gentlemen were as- 
sembled to greet his approach. At two o'clock, an ad- 
vanced picquet of the Greys announced the near approach 
of the King ; the royal pages and outriders followed at 
a quick pace ; and soon after, his Majesty drove into 
the Court-yard in a coach and six, attended by the Duke 
of Dorset and Lord Graves. His Majesty appeared in 



* It had been arranged, before his Majesty's arrival, that the 
whole of the Duke's Walk, from Parson's Green to the Palace, 
should be always guarded by cavalry upon the King's passing along 
it ; but the King, as soon as he heard of it, countermanded the ar- 
rangement, observing, that he needed no such guard, for he had 
every confidence in the protection of the civil authorities and of 
the people. 

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151 



excellent health, and most affably acknowledged the loud 
greetings that hailed his arrival. He was dressed in a 
field-marshal's uniform, with blue pantaloons, edged with 
broad gold lace. 

As soon as he reached the presence-chamber, the 
ceremony of presentation commenced with the intro- 
duction of the distinguished personages who had the 
honour of being received by his Majesty on the 
throne. These were, first, the Commission of the Gene- 
ral Assembly of the Church of Scotland^ who had met at 
twelve o'clock in the Canongate church, and proceeded 
from thence in solemn form, attended by a guard of ho- 
nour, to the Palace, where they were admitted through 
the entre, and passing on through the grand suit of 
apartments to the royal presence-chamber, walking in 
successive order, two ministers accompanied by an elder, 
in each line, until they arrived at the foot of the throne.* 



* The following is a list of the ministers and office-bearers of the 
Church of Scotland who attended with the address : 



The Moderator 

Sir Henry MoncreifFWellwood, Bart. 

Dr Taylor, sen. of Glasgow 

— Meiklejohn, Abercorn 

— Macknight, Edinburgh 

— Mearns, Professor of Divinity, 

Aberdeen 
— . Duncan, principal clerk of Church 
Sir J. Connell, procurator for Church 
John Murray, Esq. W. S. agent for 

the Church 
Dr Anderson of Edinburgh 
Mr Dickson of St Cuthberts 
Mr Scott of Newton 
Mr Kerr of Stobo 
Dr Muirhead of Cramond 
Mr Bell of Crail 
Mr Singers of Fala 
Mr Robertson of Inverkeithing 
Mr Martin of Kirkcaldy 
Mr Macvicar of Dundee 
Dr Bryce of Aberdour 
Mr Cunningham of Dunse 
Dr Forbes of Old Machar 



Mr Guild of Auchtertdol 
Mr Dempster of Denny 
Mr Campbell of Selkirk 
Mr Faichney of Linton 
Mr M'Lellan of Kelton 
Mr Richmond of Southdean 
Mr Ramsay of Ormiston 
Mr Simpson of Kirknewton 
Mr M* Arthur of Row 
Mr Watson of Biggar 
Mr Donaldson of Canonbie 
Mr Clason of Carmunnock 
Mr Wylie of Carluke 
Mr Donald of Peterhead 
Mr Fleming of Carriden 
Mr Chalmers of Dunfermline 
Mr Tough of Madderty 
Mr Ogilvie of Collessie 
Mr Geddes of Paisley 
Mr Christison of Foulden 
Mr Brown, jun. of Innerkip 
Mr Torrence, jun. of Glencross 
Mr Milne of Fort George 
Mr Balfour of Sorn. 



152 



The motley and somewhat militant appearance presented 
by this venerable body must have struck his Majesty 



Of the eldership of the Church, the following members of the 
Commission were present : 



The Lord President 

The Lord Justice Clerk 

Lord Meadowbank 

The Earl of Fife 

The Hon. Baron Sir P. Murray of 

Auchtertyre, Bart. 
Mr Solicitor-General 
General Campbell of Lochnell 
General Lamont of Lamont 
Governor Mair 
John Hope, Esq. 
Duncan Macneill, Esq. 
James MoncreifF, Esq. 
William Inglis, Esq. 
Gilbert Hutcheson, Esq. 
James Gibson, Esq. 
— — Falconer, Esq. 
Andrew Watson, Esq. 



Provost Carlisle of Paisley 
Provost Brown of Dundee 
John Moncrieff, Esq. 
Alex. Thomson of Banchory, 
J. W. Mackenzie, Esq. 
Robert Bell, Esq. 
Thomas Martin, Esq. 
George Lyon, Esq. 
Duncan Mathieson, Esq. 
Scott Elliot of Lariston, Esq. 
Nicol Brown, Esq. 
John Macneil, Esq. 
Robert Paul, Esq. 
J. Govan, Esq. 
James Walker, Esq. 
William Bell, Esq. 
Robert Whigham 



The following ministers, not members of the Commission, also 
attended : 



Dr Davidson of Edinburgh 
Dr Campbell of Edinburgh 
Dr Buchanan of Canongate 
Dr Robertson of Leith 
Dr Dickson of Leith 
Mr M'Lean of Fogo 
Mr Paton of Lasswade 
Dr Singer of Kirkpatrick Juxta 
Mr Duncan of Ruthwell 
Mr Symers of Lethnot 
Mr Gardner of Tweedsmuir 
Mr Finlay 

Mr Jameson of St Mungo 
Mr Henderson of Tranent 
Mr Brotherston of Dysart 
Dr Colvin of Johnstone 
Mr Anderson of Abbotshall 
Mr B. Graham of Stenton 
Mr Cunningham of Dundee 
Dr Moodie of Clackmannan 
Mr M. Stirling of Cargill 
Mr Taylor of Tibbermuir 
Dr Stewart of Erskine 
Mr Wallace of Whitekirk 
Dr Chalmers of Glasgow 



Mr Swan of Ferry Port-on-Craig 

Mr Cormack of Stow 

Mr Gibson of Lochmaben 

Mr M'Gachen of Airth 

Mr Robertson of Callander 

Mr Ferguson of Beath 

Mr Kelly of Southend 

Dr Mylne of Dollar 

Mr Paul of Straiton 

Mr Tulloch of Kirkmichael 

Mr Jeffrey of Dunbar 

Mr Brydon of Dunscore 

Mr Marshall of Glasgow 

Mr Craig Buchanan 

Mr Mackellar of Pencaitland 

Dr Adamson of Cupar 

Mr Taylor of Carnbee 

Mr Gillespie of Cults 

Mr Hope of Wandell and Lamington 

Mr Somerville of Currie 

Mr Bruce of Stirling 

Mr Maxton of Alloa 

Mr Storie of Roseneath 

Mr Welsh of Crossmichael 

Mr Paterson of Galashiels, 



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and his English attendants with considerable surprise ; 
for, though doubtless aware that the Church of Scotland 
was partly laical in its composition, they could scarcely 
have been prepared to find among its representatives 
gentlemen equipped in the Highland and military cos- 
tumes, mingling, as if all were upon a parity, with those 
whose sombre garb proclaimed the peculiar sanctity of 
their profession. After the members composing the 
Commission, and those who accompanied them, had 
made their obeisances, Dr Lamont, the Moderator of 
the General Assembly, read the following address to his 
Majesty : 

" Most gracious Sovereign, 

" We, the Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scot- 
land, met as a Commission of the General Assembly, and the 
representative body of the whole church, beg leave, with 
profound respect, to approach your Majesty's throne, and to 
present to your Majesty the strongest and most solemn 
assurances of our veneration, affection, and loyalty. 

<c We most sincerely and most joyfully congratulate your 
Majesty on your safe arrival in Scotland ; and we congratu- 
late Scotland on that most auspicious event, — an event in 
which we feel the highest exultation, and from which we 
anticipate the happiest consequences. 

" To this day your Majesty's subjects in Scotland have 
looked forward with joyful expectation ; and to this day they 
will look back as a day of glory to their native land. 

" At the annual meetings of our National Church, we 
have esteemed it a high honour to behold your Majesty's 
representative, and through him to receive your Majesty's 
most gracious assurances of maintaining inviolate our rights 
and privileges, as by law established. But we cannot ex- 
press what we feel, when, within the precincts of your an- 
cient kingdom of Scotland, we behold your Majesty in per- 
son, — a King distinguished by every splendid endowment, 
and graced by every elegant accomplishment, — at once the 
safeguard of our country and the bulwark of our church. 

" From the first moment that your Majesty undertook the 
charge of public affairs, the providence of God has beamed 
upon you with a bright effulgence. By the wisdom of your 
Majesty's counsels, and the vigour of your arms, your 
Majesty was enabled, by the blessing of Almighty God, to 
frustrate the formidable attempts of a gigantic power, which, 



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grasping at universal empire, threatened to destroy the inde- 
pendence of Europe ; and that same Providence, we trusty 
will still continue to encompass your Majesty as with a 
shield, and, over all your glory, to create a defence. 

" As a portion of your Majesty's subjects, we express our 
warmest gratitude for the honour your Majesty has done to 
our country by most graciously condescending to visit it ; 
and we trust, that, wheii your Majesty returns from your 
Scottish dominions, you will be able to say, that, in this part 
of the united kingdom, you have seen a people who love 
their God, their country, and their King. 

" As the constituted representatives of the Church of 
Scotland, we present to your Majesty our heartfelt thanks 
for the many signal favours which your Majesty has been 
pleased to confer upon us ; and, as the best return which 
we can make for your Majesty's goodness, we beg leave 
to assure your Majesty, that it shall be our study, in our 
respective districts, to discharge, with fidelity and zeal, the 
duties committed to our trust ; and to encourage loyalty and 
submission to the laws, as equally indispensable to both 
public and private prosperity. 

" We will labour to impress. upon the people committed 
to our care a high sense of the invaluable blessings of our 
glorious and happy Constitution. We will teach them to 
fear God, to honour their King, and to connect the prin- 
ciples of religion with a dutiful obedience to the laws of 
their country. 

" That your Majesty may long sway the regal sceptre 
over a great, a free, .a loyal, a happy, and an united people ; 
that your Majesty may long enjoy the blessings of health, 
and every comfort which this world can afford ; and that at 
length your Majesty may inherit a kingdom which cannot 
be moved, and a crown of glory which fadeth not away, are 
our most sincere and fervent prayers. 

" Signed in our name, in our presence, and at our ap- 
pointment, the seal of the Church of Scotland being 
affixed thereto, by 

" David Lamont, Moderator. 
" Edinburgh, 19tk August 1822." 

This address was most graciously received by his 
Majesty, who was pleased to return the following an- 
swer, which was rendered additionally impressive by the 
dignified and perspicuous manner in which his Majesty 
read it : 



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w I thank you for these expressions of fidelity and attachment, 
sn the sincerity of which I place implicit confidence. It is with 
the utmost satisfaction that I avail myself of this opportunity of 
confirming- in person the assurances I have given, through my 
representative, that I will maintain inviolate those rights an(l 
privileges, to which the Church of Scotland is entitled, by the 
most solemn compacts. In your continued exertions to promote 
true religion, and to inculcate loyalty and obedience to the laws, 
you may rely on my constant support and protection. I cordi- 
ally unite with you in grateful acknowledgments to Almighty 
God for his signal protection of my people in the time of gene- 
ral peril and calamity, and in an earnest prayer, that, through 
his divine assistance, I may be enabled to protect their liberties, 
and to advance their prosperity and happiness/' 

After the Commission of the General Assembly had 
retired, the deputations from the Universities of Scotland 
were introduced to present their addresses. The univer- 
sities had assembled in the gallery ; and the heads of the 
different bodies proceeded together, and were followed 
by the respective professors and others, to the presence- 
chamber. Viscount Melville, as chancellor, appeared as 
head of the University of St Andrews ; the Earl of 
Aberdeen, as head of King's College, Aberdeen, in his 
capacity of vice-chancellor; Francis Jeffrey, Esq. as 
rector of Glasgow University ; the very Rev. Principal 
Baird, as principal of the University of Edinburgh;* and 

* The following Professors of the University of Edinburgh ac- 
companied the procession : 

Dr Meiklejohn, Professor of Church History 

Dr Brunton, Professor of Oriental Languages 

Dr David Ritchie, Professor of Logic 

George Dunbar, Esq. Professor of Greek 

•Tames Pillans, Esq. Professor of Humanity 

John Wilson, Esq. Professor of Moral Philosophy 

John Leslie, Esq. Professor of Natural Philosophy 

Robert Jameson, Esq. Regius Professor of Natural History 

George Joseph Bell, Esq. Professor of Scots Law 

Alexander Irving, Esq. Professor of Civil Law 

Robert Hamilton, Esq. Professor of Public Law 

Dr Brown, Professor of Rhetoric 

Dr Graham, Professor of Botany 

Dr Andrew Duncan, junior, Professor of Materia Medica 

Dr Home, Professor of Practice of Medicine 

Dr Andrew Duncan, senior, Professor of the Theory of Medieine 



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Charles Forbes, Esq. of Auchmedden, M. P. as rector of 
Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, in the 
absence of its chancellor, the Marquis of Huntly, who 
was abroad at the time. 

These five took their stations in front of the throne, 
and read the different addresses in their order. When 
the address of the University of Edinburgh was pre- 
sented, Principal Baird was kindly recognized by the 
King, who stooped slightly forward, and, sotto voce, 
said, " How do you do, my good Principal ?" His 
Majesty, when the addresses were presented, delivered 
his gracious answer, directed to the whole universi- 
ties ; and Lord Melville (St Andrew's being senior 
university) then approached the throne, and, kneel- 
ing, received a copy of his Majesty's answer, to be 
communicated to the other universities, and after- 
wards kissed hands. His Lordship was followed by 
the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr Jeffrey, Principal Baird, and 
Mr Forbes, who, in the same manner, kissed hands, and 
the different bodies then retired in the order in which 
they had entered. The ceremony, on the whole, was 
imposing and impressive. 

The following are the addresses from the universities, 
presented to his Majesty : 

" May it please your Majesty, 
" We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the 
Chancellor, Rector, Principals of Colleges, and Professors of 
the University of St Andrew's, beg leave to approach the 
throne, on the present auspicious occasion, with the expres- 
sion of our profound respect and warm attachment to the 
person of our beloved Sovereign. After having, by perse- 
vering vigour, been the chief instrument, under Providence, 



Dr Alison, joint Professor of Theory of Medicine 

Dr Hope, Professor of Chemistry 

Dr Monro, Professor of Anatomy 

Dr James Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery 

James Russel, Esq. Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery 

John Thomson, Esq. Regius Professor of Military Surgery 

Dr Andrew Coventry, Professor of Agriculture 

Dr Christison, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence 



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of rescuing the Continent of Europe from the thraldom of a 
powerful usurper, — after having terminated a war glorious 
for Britain, by a peace which secured the independence of 
surrounding nations, — your Majesty, prompted by paternal 
affection, has seen fit to visit the several kingdoms which 
compose your extensive dominions, to witness the happiness 
of a people living under the protection of wise laws, admini- 
stered by a Monarch who has ever shown a sacred regard 
for the liberties, and an anxious desire to promote the wel- 
fare of his subjects. Permit us, Sire, to join in the general 
and cordial expression of welcome which resounds through- 
out our land, on the happy event of your Majesty's arrival 
amongst us. Our hearts exult with unfeigned joy when we 
see the illustrious descendant of a long line of Scottish Mon- 
archs seated in the palace of his royal ancestors, surrounded 
by the posterity of those men who preserved the indepen- 
dence of their country until it became an integral part of the 
British empire, by a union which gave new splendour to the 
throne, and a rapid increase of prosperity to the people. 

" May it please your Majesty, — The seminary which we 
represent continued for a considerable period to be the only 
university in Scotland. It enjoyed the favour, and was 
often honoured by the presence of our ancient Kings, whose 
parliaments were occasionally held within its precincts. It 
has ever been distinguished as the seat of steady loyalty and 
attachment to the person of the Sovereign ; and in this re- 
spect we can with truth say, that we do not yield to our pre- 
decessors. Being persuaded that a faithful discharge of the 
important duties assigned to us is the best, and will be to 
your Majesty the most acceptable, proof which we can give 
of our loyalty, we beg leave most respectfully to convey to 
the throne the assurance, that, while we labour to promote 
literature and science, of which your Majesty is the liberal 
patron, we shall omit no opportunity to inspire the youth 
committed to our care with sentiments of love and respect to 
their King, of attachment to the house of Brunswick, and of 
veneration for that excellent constitution of government which 
stands unrivalled in the history of nations. 

(c Given under our common seal, this 19th day of August 
1822. 

" Melville, C. 

" Francis Nicoll, Rector." 



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" May it please your Majesty, 

" We, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Rector, Dean of Facul- 
ties, Principal, and Professors of the University of Glasgow, 
most humbly approach your august person, to offer our 
joyful congratulations on the arrival of your Majesty in you* 
ancient kingdom of Scotland. 

'■ Deeply sensible of the high honour conferred on this 
portion of your empire by your Majesty's gracious visit, we 
gladly embrace the opportunity which it affords us, of renew- 
ing our assurances of devoted loyalty and attachment to the 
sacred person of a Sovereign, whose wise administration has 
so much exalted the glory of the empire. 

" We feel also a national pride in reflecting, that your 
Majesty's visit has been reserved for a period when Scotland, 
in her increased population and resources, in the splendid 
extension of her cities, in the improved fertility of her soil, 
and, above all, in the moral and intellectual cultivation of 
her people, presents to the eye of her Monarch the most 
gratifying proofs of the advantages she has derived from the 
mild and auspicious government of the illustrious house of 
Brunswick. 

<c As members of an ancient university, which has often 
experienced the favour and protection of your Majesty's 
royal ancestors, we trust that we shall ever approve ourselves 
to your Majesty, as the faithful instructors of the numerous 
youth under our care, by instilling into their minds those 
principles which shall lead them to support the constitution, 
adorn the literature, and advance the prosperity of their 
country. 

" That your Majesty may long sway the sceptre over a 
loyal and happy people, is our earnest prayer to the Al- 
mighty Ruler of Nations. 

" Signed in our name, under the common seal of the 
university. 

f< Montrose. 

f Glasgow, 7th August 1822/' 

f ' Unto the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the humble 
Address of the Chancellor, Rector, Principal, and Pro- 
fessors of the University and King's College of Aberdeen, 

" Most gracious Sovereign, 
" We, your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the 
Chancellor, Rector, Principal, and Professors of the Univer- 
sity and King's College of Aberdeen, beg leave to approach 



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the throne with our heartfelt congratulations on your Ma- 
jesty's arrival in yoUr ancient kingdom of Scotland. It is 
with peculiar satisfaction that the members of this univer- 
sity, which derived its name from one of your Majesty's 
most illustrious ancestors, and which has been fostered by 
the countenance and munificence of succeeding Sovereigns, 
embrace this opportunity of assuring your Majesty, that we 
cordially participate in those ardent feelings of loyalty which 
pervade every class of your Majesty's subjects in this king- 
dom. 

" That your Majesty, under whose auspices literature and 
science have so eminently nourished, and the administration 
of public affairs has been so prosperously conducted, may 
long be preserved to reign over a free, loyal, and happy 
people, is the earnest prayer of, 

" May it please your Majesty, 

" Your Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the Chancellor, 
Rector, Principal, and Professors of the University 
and King's College of Aberdeen. 

w Gordon, Chancellor. 
" Aberdeen, Rector. 
" Hugh Macpherson, Sub- Principal" 

" Most gracious Sovereign, 

" We, the Principal and Professors of the University of 
Edinburgh, humbly approach your Majesty's throne, and, 
warmed by the strongest feelings of national pride, and gra- 
titude, and loyal affection, we offer to your Majesty our most 
cordial congratulations on your auspicious arrival in the ca- 
pital of your ancient kingdom of Scotland, and in the Palace 
of your illustrious ancestors. We hail your august presence 
as a distinguished and most gratifying proof of your royal con- 
descension and kindness to our country ; and, participating 
in the ardent exultation excited by the high and happy event 
in all the classes of our fellow citizens, we tender to your 
Majesty the heartfelt homage of our most profound respect 
and most devoted attachment. 

{ ' We are deeply impressed by a sense of those benevolent 
purposes of public good, for which your Majesty has graci- 
ously desired to witness, in this quarter of your empire, the 
condition and character of your people ; and we feel in the 
impression a new and animating incentive to the faithful and 
zealous discharge of all our professional duties. — To that 



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fidelity and zeal we now., therefore, entreat your Majesty's 
permission to pledge ourselves gratefully, sincerely, and so- 
lemnly. 

<c Deign, then, indulgently to rely on our assurance, that 
in our different academical departments we will continue to 
employ our most strenuous exertions for promoting that in- 
tellectual, moral, and religious instruction, which, being the 
most solid basis of a nation's prosperity, happiness, and ho- 
nour, it is the dearest wish of your Majesty's heart, and the 
most unceasing object of your reign, to extend and to perpe- 
tuate throughout all your dominions. That the Almighty 
King of kings may bless your Majesty with a long reign of 
glory, and that he may bestow on you in Heaven an unfad- 
ing crown, are our most fervent prayers. 

" Geo. H. Baird, Principal." 

" To the King's most excellent Majesty. 

" May it please your Majesty, 

" We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the 
Chancellor, Rector, Dean of Faculty, Principal, Professors, 
and other Members of your Majesty's Marischal College and 
University of Aberdeen, beg leave, with all becoming humi- 
lity and reverence, to offer to your Majesty our sincere and 
heartfelt congratulations on your safe and happy arrival in 
this northern part of your Majesty's united kingdoms. This 
auspicious event has infused into our minds, as well as into 
those of your other subjects in this your ancient kingdom, 
the most lively satisfaction and joy ; and the more, that your 
Majesty has thus conferred on us, and on all the inhabitants 
of this our native land, a happiness which had not, during so 
long a succession of time, been enjoyed by our forefathers, 
that of beholding in the midst of us our most gracious Sove- 
reign. 

" We may, however, be permitted to affirm that, notwith- 
standing the absence of our monarchs, the Scottish subjects 
nf your Majesty and your royal predecessors have not been 
outdone by those of any part of the British empire in genu- 
ine loyalty, in adherence to our happy constitution of govern- 
ment, and in affection to your Majesty's illustrious house. 
May the happy event, on which we beg leave to present our 
humble, yet warm congratulations, tend more and more to 
confirm these sentiments in the breasts of our nation, and to 
cement that most salutary union which ought always to sub- 
sist between a Sovereign and his people. 



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" We entreat permission to assure your Majesty, that while 
we assiduously exert ourselves to instruct the youth com- 
mitted to our care in all sound learning and useful and liber- 
al science, we shall strenuously inculcate on them enlighten- 
ed and unshaken attachment to our holy religion, obedience 
to its precepts, unalterable loyalty towards our most gracious 
Sovereign, and that genuine and consistent patriotism which 
distinguishes a people blessed with freedom, protected by 
law, and revering its dictates. 

" May that omnipotent and ever-blessed Being, ' by whom 
kings reign, and princes decree justice/ ever preserve and 
defend your Majesty, direct your councils, make your go- 
vernment happily conducive to the welfare of the British em- 
pire, and render your reign long and prosperous over a free, 
a religious, and a happy people. 

" These are, most gracious Sovereign, the fervent prayers 
of your Majesty's most dutiful, affectionate, and loyal sub- 
jects, the Chancellor, Rector, Dean of Faculty, Principal, 
Professors, and other Members of your Majesty's Marischal 
College and University of Aberdeen. 

e< Signed in name and by appointment of the Faculty of 
the University. 

" Hugh Lumsden, Dean of Faculty. 

" Cha. Forbes, Rector. 

« W. L. Brown, S. S. T. D. and P. Principal:' 

The following is his Majesty's most gracious answer 
to the addresses from the universities : 

" The testimonies of loyalty and attachment which are 
contained in your addresses are very gratifying to my feel- 
ings- 

te I highly appreciate that excellent system of instruction 
which is established in the Universities of Scotland, and 
which has mainly contributed to form the character of a reli- 
gious and enlightened people. 

" I feel assured that you will continue to promote the cul- 
tivation of science and of sound learning, and to instil into 
the minds of the youth committed to your care, those prin-, 
ciples which will lead them to form a correct estimate of the 
peculiar blessings we enjoy under our free and happy con-, 
stitution." 

The addresses to his Majesty upon the throne having 
been delivered and graciously answered, his Majesty 
retired to the closet, when a deputation from the Episco- 



162 

pal Clergy of Scotland, consisting of Bishops Grleig, 
Jolly, Sandford, Torry, Skinner, and Low, and Presby- 
ters the Reverend Mr Alison, Mr Walker, Dr Russel, 
Mr Horsley, Mr Cruikshanks, and Mr Morehead, were 
admitted, who presented their address, which his Majesty 
was pleased to receive most graciously. 

His Majesty having been graciously pleased to accede 
to the wish of the Highland Society of Scotland, to re- 
ceive the address, voted at the extraordinary general 
meeting of the Society, on the 9th August, in the royal 
closet, the special deputation named by the Society, con- 
sisting of those noblemen and gentlemen who now hold 
or have held the offices of President or Vice-Presidents, 
and of the three senior ordinary, and one of the extra- 
ordinary Directors, assembled at the Waterloo Hotel, 
and thence proceeded in their carriages to the Palace of 
Holyrood House. Some of the noble lords who were of 
the royal household joined at the Palace. The following 
members of the deputation presented the address : — 

The Duke of Argyll, President, and the Marquis of Lo- 
thian and Viscount Arbuthnot, Vice-Presidents in office ; 
accompanied by the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon, Atholl, 
and Montrose ; the Marquis of Queensberry ; the Earls of 
Morton, Moray, Lauderdale, Elgin and Kincardine, Wemyss 
and March, Aboyne, Breadalbane, Rosebery, Fife, Rosslyn, 
and Cathcart ; Viscount Melville ; Lord Glenlyon ; Right 
Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart. ; James Hunter, Esq. 
of Thurston, and William Macdonald, Esq. of St Martin's ; 
attended by Gilbert Innes, Esq. of Stow, Treasurer, and 
R. Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa, Principal Secretary of the 
Society. 

The Duke of Argyll, as President, read the address. 
" Most gracious Sovereign, 

" The Highland Society of Scotland, constituted by royal 
charter, assembled in an extraordinary general meeting, 
humbly approaches the throne in all its national warmth of 
loyalty, with its most sincere congratulations on your Ma- 
jesty's presence in this ancient kingdom. The Society rejoices 
in the present opportunity of offering its dutiful homage, 
afforded by the benignant care of your Majesty in visiting 
your Majesty's faithful subjects of Scotland, from which the 
Society anticipates the happiest results. 

f( The best energies of this Society have been unremit- 



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tirigly directed to stimulate the industry of your Majesty's 
people; and it is confident that your Majesty's paternal 
interest in the welfare of your Majesty's subjects will be gra- 
tified by the information which it has the satisfaction of lay- 
ing before your Majesty, of the advancement of Scotland in 
agriculture, manufactures, and the other objects which it is 
the peculiar purpose of this Society's institution to promote 
and encourage. The same animated spirit for improvement, 
and the same pious observance of the moral virtues, which 
have so long distinguished the Scottish nation, remain un- 
interrupted, and are disseminated in active exercise through- 
out the kingdom. 

" The Highland Society of Scotland, embracing a very 
large proportion of the rank and property of this part of the 
United Kingdom, begs leave earnestly to assure your Majesty 
of the unalterable loyalty, and of the faithful attachment of 
the Scottish people to your Majesty's sacred person, and of 
their profound veneration for that happy constitution which 
has ever proved the safeguard of your Majesty's subjects, as 
it has been the bulwark of the British empire. 

" Sealed with the seal of the Society, and signed by the 
Most Noble William Marquis of Lothian, one of the 
Vice-Presidents in office, in presence and at desire of 
the meeting. 

" Lothian, V. P. 
" Edinburgh, 9tk August 1822." 

To this address his Majesty was pleased to return the 
following most gracious answer : — 

u I thank you for this loyal and dutiful address. 

" It will always be gratifying to me to hear of the success 
of a society which has for its object the encouragement of the 
agriculture and manufactures of Scotland." 

His Majesty read the answer to the address with his 
usual emphatic dignity. The deputation was most gra- 
ciously received, and the several members had the honour 
to kiss hands. The Secretary delivered to the Lord in 
waiting a copy of the Transactions of the Society, su- 
perbly bound, to be delivered to his Majesty. 

The Earl of Fife also presented addresses from the 
town and county of Banff, and the borough of Inverury. 
The Hon. General Duff presented an address from the 



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town of Elgin. These addresses were also graciously 
received. 

Sir John Sinclair had the honour of a private audience 
in the closet, in order to lay before his Majesty the re- 
sult of his statistical inquiries. These are now com- 
pleted, and contain an account, 1. Of every parish in 
Scotland ; % Of every county ; 3. A general report of 
the state of the kingdom; and, 4. The result of the 
whole inquiry condensed into statistical tables. His 
Majesty was graciously pleased to express his satisfaction 
at so laborious and so useful an undertaking having been 
completed. 

His Majesty left Holy rood Palace for Dalkeith with 
the same suit and attendants that accompanied him on 
his arrival, and was greeted by a repetition of the cheers 
which hailed his arrival from large bodies of the most 
respectable persons. 

This day his Majesty entertained a select company at 
dinner, among whom were the Duke of Argyll and the 
Earl of Fife. 






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CHAP. VII. 

On Tuesday, the 20th of August, his Majesty held a 
drawing-room at the Palace, which was attended by about 
live hundred ladies of the most distinguished rank, fashion, 
and beauty in Scotland. The entire novelty of such a 
scene, at least in our metropolis, attracted an immense 
concourse of spectators, the expression of whose curiosity 
and interest could scarcely fail to enhance the mingled 
emotions of satisfaction, anxiety, and apprehension, de- 
picted on the countenances of many of their fair country- 
women, who were borne along in unwonted splendour, to 
endure for the first time the glance of royalty, and re- 
ceive, with delicate but proud submission, the familiar 
salutation which custom has prescribed for such an occa- 
sion. About half-past ten the carriages began to arrive 
at the Palace, and continued setting down till after two 
o'clock. The appearance of the Palace was most splendid, 
whether we considered the number of equipages that oc- 
cupied its passages ; the beautiful females who occupied 
its courts ; or the elegant magnificence of their dresses, 
mingling in harmonious confusion with the antique cos- 
tumes worn by the attendants of a royal court. The 
leading dress was white satin, with spangled under-robe, 
and plumes of white feathers. There were few or no 
national badges; and we remarked only one or two ladies 
in tartan. The demeanour of the ladies was extremely 
characteristic, as they moved towards the State apart- 
ments, sedate almost to demureness, — their eyes motion- 
less, yet keen with intelligence, — dignified, but betraying, 
by the timidity of their advances, the invincible modesty 
of their nature. 

His Majesty, who had reached the Palace a few minutes 
past two, under an escort of the Greys, was dressed in a 
Field Marshal's uniform, and appeared in excellent health 
and spirits. After a private audience with Lord Melville, 
his Majesty proceeded to the drawing-room, about a quar- 
ter past two o'clock, when the presentations took place, 
which were finished about half-past three. The King, it 
was observed, had changed the position which he occu- 
pied on the day of the levee, and stood fronting the door, 



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about half way up the room, — a situation more conveni- 
ent to the visitors, and far more advantageous to his Ma- 
jesty's appearance. His Majesty expressed to his at- 
tendants his highest admiration of the elegant appearance 
and splendid dresses of so numerous an assemblage of 
ladies ; and, after an audience with the Duke of Argyll, 
the Earl of Elgin, and the Lord Chief Commissioner, set 
off for Dalkeith about a quarter before four o'clock. 

The drawing-room was attended by the principal no- 
bility and gentry who were present at the levee ; and the 
whole number could not be less than 2600. 

Lord Harcourt was the Lord in waiting; and the other 
attendants upon the King's person were nearly the same 
as at the levee. — The Palace was guarded, as usual, by 
two Companies of the 13th regiment^ a squadron of dra- 
goons, the Celtic Society, &c. ; the yeomen of the guard 
being drawn up round the gallery, and the Royal Archers 
in the other apartments leading to the Presence Chamber. 

The following ladies were presented to his Majesty : 



DUCHESSES. 


LADIES. 


Argyll 


Dowager Saltoun 


Atholl. 


Saltoun 





Dowager Torphichen, by the Count- 


MARCHIONESSES. 


ess of Rosebery 


Queensberry 


Ashburton 


Tweeddale 


Ravensworth 


Lothian. 


Blantyre 





Robert Kerr, by Lady Dundas 


.COUNTESSES. 


Francis Leveson Gower, by Lady 


Moray 


Gwydir 


Home, by the Countess of Morton 


Belhaven 


Elgin 


Rollo, by Lady C. Drummond 


Wemyss 


Abercromby 


Breadalbane 


Dundas, by Viscountess Melville 


Rosebery 


Torphichen, by the Countess of 


Athlone 


Morton 


— ^_ 


Glenlyon, by the Duchess of Atholl 


VISCOUNTESSES. 


John Campbell, by the Duchess of 


Dowager Anson 


Argyll 


Arbuthnot, by Countess of Hopetoun 


Gwydir 


Glenorchy,by the Countess of Bread- 


Elphinstone 


albane 


Montagu 


Melville 


Dundas of Beech wood 


Keith 


Shaw Stewart, by Marchioness of 


De Noailles, by Lady Gwydir. 


Queensberry 



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Keith, of Dunottar, by the Duchess 

of Atholl 
Buller, by the Countess of Morton 
Montgomery Cunninghame, of Corse- 
hill, by the Countess of Hopetoun 
Preston of Valleyfield, by Lady 

Baird 
Pringle, by the Duchess of Atholl 
KadclifFe, by Mrs R. Macdonell of 

Glengarry 
Liston 

Hunter, by the Countess of Morton 
Eleanor Balfour, by the Countess of 

Lauderdale 
Dalrymple Hamilton 
Milne 

Montgomery of Stanhope 
MoncriefFe of Moncrieffe, by the 

Duchess of Atholl 
Henderson Durham 
Clerk 

Menzies, by the Duchess of Atholl 
Scott, by Viscountess Melville 
Troubridge, by Lady Beresford 
Dick of Prestonfleld, by the Duchess 

of AthoU 
Carmichael Anstruther, by the Count- 

ess of Morton 
Steuart of Coltness, by Lady Mary 

Ross 
Malcolm 

Beresford, by Countess of Morton 
Baird 
Shepherd 

Carnegie, by the Duchess of Atholl 
Inglis 
31 'Donald Lockhart, by Lady Mary 

Ross 
Heron Maxwell, by the Marchioness 

of Queensberry 
Maitland Gibson of Cliftonhall, by 

the Countess of Lauderdale 
Hope, by the Countess of Athlone 
Hope of Craighall, by the Countess 

of Hopetoun 
Rae 

Jardine of Applegarth, by the Mar- 
chioness of Queensberry 
Miliken Napier, by Lady Emelia 
Drummond 



Oswald, by Lady Glenlyon 

Isabella Montagu Scott 

Ann Montagu Scott 

Mary Ross 

Caroline Murray 

Mary Lindesay Crawfurd 

Charlotte Drummond, by the Duch- 

ess of Atholl 
Emily Drummond, by ditto 
Elizabeth Murray Macgregor of Mac- 

gregor, by ditto 
Catherine Charteris 
Anne Murray 
Margaret Maclean 
Penuel Grant, by the Hon. Mrs 

Grant of Grant 
Anne Grant, by ditto 
Isabella Wemyss, by the Countess 

of Athlone 
Catherine Elliot, by Lady Montagu 
Catherine Whyte Melville 
Jane Hay, by the Marchioness of 

Tweeddale 
Helen Ogilvy, by Viscountess Ar- 

buthnot 
Elizabeth Campbell, by the Countess 

of Breadalbane 
Harriet Elliot, by Lady Montagu 
Charlotte Hope 
Janet St Clair 
Elizabeth Steele 
Elizabeth Murray 
Elizabeth Hope Vere 
Anne Murray 
Isabella Kerr 
Frederica Stanhope 
Jane Stuart, by the Countess of 

Moray 
Margaret Charteris 
Mary Lady Clerk, by the Countess 

of Morton 
Sinclair of Ulbster, by ditto 
Ferguson, by Lady D. Hamilton 
Lady Alexander Hope 

HONOURABLES. 

Mrs Sinclair of Ulbster 

Sinclair, by Dowager Lady 

Saltoun 
Fleming, by Viscountess Keith 
M 



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Maule of Panmure 

Leslie Cuming, by the Countess 
of Morton 

Henry Mackenzie, by Mrs 
Grant of Grant 

Duff, by Lady Beresford 

Grant of Grant, by the Duchess 
of Atholl 

Lindsay, by ditto 

Elliot, by Lady Elizabeth 
Murray M'Gregor 

Eleanor Fraser 

Jane Liddell 

Ann Liddell. 
Miss Douglas, by the Marchioness 
of Lothian 

Rollo, by Lady Rollo 

M. Rollo, ditto 

Forbes, by Duchess of Atholl 

Hamilton, by Lady Malcolm 

Dundas, by Viscountess Mel- 
ville 



MESDAMES. 

Moncrieff Thriepland, by the Coun- 
tess of Wemyss 
Farquharson of Invercauld, by the 

Duchess of Atholl 
Fraser of Castlefraser, by ditto 
Cathcart of Blairstone, by Lady D. 

Hamilton 
Scott of Harden 

Stirling, by Lady Emelia Drummond 
Skene, Rubislaw, by Duchess Atholl 
General Dunlop of Dunlop, by the 

Marchioness of Queensberry 
Peel 

Hay, Drummelzier, by Lady Gwydir 
Daly ell, by the Countess of Hopetoun 
General Carnegie, by Lady Baird 
Stewart of Physgill, by the Countess 

of Hopetoun 
Bruce of Stenhouse, by Viscountess 

Keith 
Howard, by Lady Rae 
Fergusson of Gattonside House, by 

Lady Montagu 
Arbuthnot, by Mrs William Dundas 
Wishart, by Lady C. Whyte Melville 
Cunyinghame of Cloncaird, by the 

Countess of Hopetoun 



W. Mackenzie, by Lady Liston 
Acton, by Lady Abercromby 
George Forbes, by the Duchess of 

^Atholl 
C.Stirling, by Lady Em. Drummond 
Macdonald of St Martin's, by the 

Duchess of Atholl 
Blackburn of Killearn, by the 

Duchess of Montrose 
Maconochie of Meadowbank, by the 

Countess of Morton 
And. Spottiswoode, by Lady Baird 
Forbes, by the Duchess of Atholl 
Mackay, by Lady Saltoun 
Captain Kerr, R.N., by Lady Beres- 
ford 
Jardine, by Lady Melville 
Grant of Kilgraston, by the Duchess 

of Atholl 
General Balfour of Balbirnie, by the 

Countess of Morton 
ForbesDrummond of Hawthorndean, 

by Viscountess Arbuthnot 
Moray of Abercairney, by the 

Duchess of Atholl 
F. "Walker, by Lady E. Steele 
Anstruther, by the Countess of 

Wemyss 
Robert Waller, by Lady E. Drum- 
mond 
Campbell of Skipness,by the Countess 

of Wemyss 
Hamilton of Kames, by ditto 
Campbell of Barcaldine, by the 

Countess of Breadalbane 
Campbell of Stonefield, by ditto 
Campbell of Dalserf, by ditto 
Stewart Inglis, by the Countess of 

Morton 
Durham Calderwood, by Lady H. 

Durham 
Colonel Hastings, by the Duchess 

of Montrose 
Robert Aitchison, by Lady Milne 
Colonel Martin White, by Lady E. 

M. Macgregor 
Massie, by ditto 
Brown, by Lady Liston 
Munro, by ditto 
Murray of Lintrose, by the Duchess 

of Atholl 



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Murray Aynsley, by Lady Glenlyon 
Wauchope of Edmondstone, by the 

Countess of Lauderdale 
Edward Douglas, by the Marchioness 

of Queensberry 
Hope Johnstone of Annandale,by do. 
Hay of Hopes, by Viscountess 

Arbuthnot 
Gillies, by Lady D. Hamilton 
Inglis, Auchindinny, by Lady Liston 
Napier, by the Countess Hopetoun 
Robertson Williamson of Lawers 

and Balgray, by ditto 
Lieut.-Col. Burton 
Oliphant of Rossie, by the Duchess 

of Atholl 
Craigie of Dumbarnie, by ditto 
Staveley 
MolleofMaines, by the Countess of 

Breadalbane 
Tytler of Woodhouselee, by the 

Viscountess of Melville 
George Wauchope, by Lady Baird 
Wauchope of Niddrie, by ditto 
Rutherford of Edgerstone, by the 

Marchioness of Lothian 
Colonel Walker, Holland Lodge 
Ramsay, by the Countess of Morton 
General Elliot, by the Marchioness 

of Lothian 
John Fullarton, by Lady Malcolm 
Cay, sen. by Lady Charlotte Hope 
Cay, of North Charlton, by ditto 
Gordon, Cairnbulg, by Lady Saltoun 
Stirling, by Lady E. Drummond 
John Hope Oliphant, by the Countess 

of Hopetoun 
Stewart, sen. of Physgill, by ditto 
Hamilton Dundas, by ditto 
Wedderburn, by ditto 
Charles Guthrie, by the Countess of 

Morton 
General Durham of Largo, by ditto 
Cathcart of Carbiston, by ditto 
Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wed- 
derburn, by ditto 
Russell, by the Countess of Wemyss 
Monypenny of Pitmilly, by Lady 

C. W. MelviUe 
Alexander of Southbarr, by Lady 

Blantyre 



Captain Warren, by Lady Charlotte 

Drummond 
Thomas Kinnear, by Mrs W. Dundas 
Lockhart of Germiston, on her mar- 
riage, by Mrs Scott of Harden 
Hay of Spott, by the Marchioness of 

Tweeddale 
Gibson, by ditto 
Bruce of Arnot, by the Marchiones* 

of Queensberry 
Walker of Bowland, by Lady 

Montgomery 
Mackenzie, on her marriage, by 

Lady Mary Ross 
Henry Smith, by Lady Saltoun 
Anderson of St Germain's, by the 

Countess of Wemyss 
Gordon, by Viscountess Arbuthnot 
Little Gilmour of Craigmiller, by 

Lady Clerk 
Lockhart, by her mother, Lady Scott 
Gillespie of Kirkton, by Lady E. 

Drummond 
Hunter of Thurston, by Lady Rollo 
Cochrane of Clippings, byLady Keith 
LaingMeason, by Lady D. Hamilton 
Sharpe, by the Countess Lauderdale 
Mitchell 

Scott of Gala, by Lady Montagu 
Ferguson of Kilrie, by Lady Belhaven 
Trotter of Dreghorn, by Lady Liston 
Russell, by ditto 

Parish, by the Duchess of Montrose 
Murray of Polmaise, by ditto 
Macdonald of StafFa, by ditto 
Graham, by ditto 

Baillie of Polkemmet, by the Count- 
ess of Hopetoun 
Wedderburn, by ditto 
Dalyell, by ditto 
Loch, by Lady Gwydir 
Stewart Nicolson, by ditto 
Ferguson of Hermand, by ditto 
Field, by ditto 

Bethune of Kilconquhar, by ditto 
Maxtone of Cultoquhey, by ditto 
Houston of Johnstone, by ditto 
Forbes, by the Duchess of Atholl 
Ronaldson Macdonell of Clanronald 

and Glengarry, by ditto 
Richardson of Pitfour, by ditto 



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Hay of Smithfield and Hayston, by 
the Duchess of Atholl 

Murray Thriepland of Fingask, by do. 

Smythe of Methven, by ditto 

Macleod of Macleod by the Duchess 
of Atholl 

Murray of Murrayshall, by the Coun- 
tess of Mansfield 

MISSES. 

Moray of Abercairney, by the Duch- 
ess of Atholl 
Mary Ellen Norton, by ditto 
Graham Stirling, by ditto 
Margaret Graham Stirling, by ditto 
Christian Jean Graham Stirling, by 

ditto 
Murray Thriepland of Fingask, by 

ditto 
Catharine Murray Thriepland, by do. 
Eliza Murray Thriepland, by ditto 
Stewart, by ditto 
Clementina Stewart, by ditto 
Grant, by ditto 
Atholl Murray, by ditto 
Richardson of Pitfour, by ditto 
Erskine of Torry, by ditto 
Elizabeth Murray, by ditto 
Forbes of Pitsligo, by ditto 
Eliza Forbes of Pitsligo, by ditto 
Smythe, by ditto 
Cecilia Smythe, by ditto 
Cecilia Muir Mackenzie, by ditto 
Farquharson of Invercauld, by ditto 
Elizabeth Farquharson, by ditto 
Hay of Smithfield and Haystoun, 

by ditto 
Grace Hay of ditto, by ditto 
Mary Carnegie, by ditto 
Grant of Kilgraston, by ditto 
Cbristina Richardson of Pitfour, by 

ditto 
Knight, by ditto 

Macdougall of Makerston, by ditto 
Ramsay, by ditto 
Anderson of Inchyra, by ditto 
M. J. Macdougall of Macdougall, 

by the Duchess of Argyll 
Sandys, by the Countess of Morton 
Graham of Mossknow, by ditto 



J. Graham of Mossknow, by the 
Countess of Morton 

Ramsay, by ditto 

Bethia Ramsay, by ditto 

Charlotte Pringle, by ditto 

Dewar, by ditto 

Charlotte Dewar, by ditto 

Connell, by ditto 

Jane Connell, by ditto 

Marjoribanks, by ditto 

Susan Marjoribanks, by ditto 

Hunter, by ditto 

Diana Sinclair, by ditto 

Julia Sinclair, by ditto 

Margaret Sinclair, by ditto 

Home, by ditto 

Buller, by ditto 

Scrymgeour Wedderburn, by ditto 

Pringle, by ditto 

Elizabeth Tytler, by ditto 

Hamilton, by ditto 

Edmonstone, by Duchess of Montrose 

Buchanan of Ardoch, by ditto 

Sitwell, by ditto 

Anne Sitwell, by ditto 

Mary Dundas of Ochtertyre, by do. 

Maria Parish, by ditto 

Eliza Parish, by ditto 

Hamiiton of Barns, by ditto 

Hay of Spott, by the Marchioness of 
Tweeddale 

Isabella Hay of Spott, by ditto 

Gibson of lngliston, by ditto 

Margaret Gibson, by ditto 

Stewart Monteath, by the Marchion- 
ess of Queehsberry 

Shaw Stewart, by ditto 

Craik of Arbigland, by ditto 

Douglas, sister to the Marquis of 
Queensberry, by ditto 

Jane Grant of Rothiemurchus, by 
the Countess of Lauderdale 

Mary F. Grant of ditto, by ditto 

Grant of Congalton, by ditto 

Louisa Grant of ditto, by ditto 

Sinclair, of Murkle, by ditto 

Rosina Purvis, by Lady Milne 

Walker of Coats, by the Countess of 
Moray 

Mary Walker of ditto, by ditto 



171 



Evena Baillie, by Lady Belhaven 

Russell, by Lady Liston 

Hay of Drummelzier, by Lady 

Gwydir 
Elizabeth Hay of ditto, by ditto 
Anne Hay of ditto, by ditto 
Graeme ditto, by ditto 
Grant, by the Hon. Mrs Grant 
Lockhart, by Lady Mary Ross 
E. Lockhart, by ditto 
Bruce of Stenhouse, by Viscountess 

Keith 
Helen Robertson of Benholme, by 

Viscountess Arbuthnot 
Jane Robertson of Benholm, by ditto 
Brebner of Learney, by ditto 
Anne Brebner of ditto, by ditto 
Scott of Malleny, by ditto 
Clerk of Eldin, by Lady Ashburton 
Milnes, by Viscountess Arbuthnot 
Stirling of Duntroon, by ditto 
Stewart of Physgill, by the Countess 

of Hopetoun 
Wedderburn, by ditto 
Helen Baillie, by ditto 
Anderson of Balgay, by ditto 
Dalyell of Binns, by ditto 
Hume, by Hon. Mrs Grant of Grant 
Agnes Hume, by ditto 
Dunbar of Northfield, by ditto 
Graham of Airth, by Lady E. Drum- 

mond 
Stirling of Keir, by ditto 
Reed, by ditto 

Cumming of Altyre, by ditto 
Emilia Cumming, by ditto 
Mackenzie, by Mrs Grant of Grant 
Fraser, by Dowager Lady Saltoun 
Jane Fraser, by ditto 
Gillespie of Kirkton, by Lady Em. 

Drummond 
Cecil, by ditto 
Bruce of Kennet, by ditto 
Graeme of Inchbrakie, by ditto 
Masterton of Braco, by ditto 
Macdowall, by ditto 
Ronaldson Macdonell of Glengarry, 

by her mother 
Alpina Macdonell of Glengarry, by 

her mother 



Atherley, by the Marchioness of 

Lothian 
Dalyell, by the Countess of Wemyss 
Carnegie, by Lady Baird 
Johnstone of Alva, by Lady Malcolm 
Campbell, by ditto 
Hotchkis, by ditto 
Hunter, by Viscountess Keith 
Anne Hunter, by ditto 
Lamont of Lamont, by Lady Keith 
Brydone, by Mrs Scott of Harden 
Willimina Brydone, by ditto 
Pringle of Torwoodlee, by Lady 

Montagu 
Pringle of Whitebank, by ditto 
Scott Lockhart, by ditto 
Dalrymple of Fordel, by Lady Mary 

Ross 
Gertrude Dalrymple of ditto, by ditto 
Smelt, by Lady Belhaven 
Anne Elphinstone, by LadyElphin- 

stone 
Dunlop of Dunlop, by the Mar- 
chioness of Queensberry 
Frances Dunlop of Dunlop, by ditto 
Margaret Alison, by Mrs Scott of 

Harden 
H. Maxwell, by Lady H. Maxwell 
Bruce of Falkland, by Lady Char- 
lotte Hope 
Louisa Cockburn, by Lady Aber- 

cromby 
Mary Hope, by Lady Charlotte Hope 
Charlotte Hope, by ditto 
Cathcart of Alloway, by Lady 

Dalrymple Hamilton 
Mary Cathcart of ditto, by ditto 
Riddell, by Lady Margaret Maclean 
Maxwell of Pollock, by the Countess 

of Rosebery 
Borthwick of Crookston, by Lady 

Milne 
Wauchope of Niddrie, by Lady 

Baird 
Margaret Wauchope of ditto, by do. 
Ross, by Lady Saltoun 
Marion Ross, by ditto 
Jardine, by Mrs Jardine 
Lindsay of Balcarras, by the Hon. 

Mrs Lindsay 



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Carmichael 

Hathorn, by Lady Abercromby 
Coke, by Dowager Viscountess An- 
son 
Jobson of Lochore, by Lady Mon- 
tagu 
Shepherd 
Scott 
Coutts Trotter, by the Countess of 

Wemyss 
Campbell of Kinloch, by the Count- 
ess of Breadalbane 
Little Gilrnour, by her mother 
Lateward, by Mrs E. Douglas 
Caroline Lateward, by ditto 
Nasmyth of Posso, by Lady Dal- 

rymple Hamilton 
Dundas, by her mother, Lady Dundas 
Baillie, by Lady Mary Ross 
Elizabeth Lindsay of Balcarras, by 

the Hon. Mrs Lindsay 
Scott, by her mother Lady Scott 
Clerk Rattray, by Lady Clerk 
Warren, by Mrs Captain Warren 
Fanny Inglis, by Lady Beresford 
Anderson of Moredun, by Lady Baird 



Crawfurd of Upper Pollock, by Mrs 

Alexander of Southbarr 
Earle, bv Lady Rollo 
Bullock, by Lady Beresford 
Haggart, by Lady Montgomery 
Jane Fraser Tytler, by Viscountess 

Melville 
Rae of Eskgrove, by Lady Rae 
Maitland, by Lady Maitland Gibson 
Runnington, by Lady Shepherd 
Home Drummond, by Lady Aber- 
cromby 
Greig, by Lady Rollo 
Miller of Dalnair, by the Countess 

of Rosebery 
Fleming of Barochan, by LadyBlan- 

tyre 
Fraser, by Dowager Lady Saltoun 
Elizabeth Scott 
Cay, by Mrs Cay, sen. 
Jane Cay, by ditto 
A. Lockhart, by Lady Mary Ross 
Oliphant, by Mrs J. Hope Oli- 

phant 
Wemyss,by the Countess of Wemyss 
Spens 



LADIES' DRESSES. 



Marchioness of Queensberry — White tulle petticoat, over rich white 
satin, handsomely ornamented with embroidery ; train of lilac silk, 
trimmed with tulle shells. Head-dress, black velvet, with a profusion 
of lilac and white feathers, band and sprig of diamonds. 

Countess of Morton. — A. white satin petticoat, over which was worn 
a dress of gold lama, richly embroidered with gold ; train, purple figured 
silk, richly embroidered with gold. Head-dress, gold ornaments and 
feathers. 

Countess of Elgin A rich French white satin dress, trimmed with 

a double flounce of magnificent Brussels point, looped and intermixed 
with blanc de hout and laburnum, over which an elegant figured French 
lilac silk train, trimmed with a handsome garniture of satin tulle. 
A superb head-dress of feathers and diamonds. 

Countess of Athlone — Gold lama dress, with rich blue silk train, trimmed 
with gold. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Lady Keith. — A rich white pearl dress, trimmed richly with blond 
lace, with a rich blue satin train, trimmed all round with rich blond 
lace and pearls, and handsome plume of feathers. 



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Lady Torphichen. — A most superb gold striped lama dress, with two 
beautiful broad gold flounces at the bottom ; the train rich French 
white satin, trimmed with broad gold trimming and blond lace. Rich 
plume of feathers, diamonds, &c. 

Lady Rollo — A. superb gold lama dress, over white satin ; body and 
sleeves elegantly trimmed with beautiful blond ; train, Manilla gros-de- 
Naples, bordered with gold lama. Head-dress, ostrich feathers and 
pearls. 

Lady Ashburton. — A. splendid silver lama dress, over white satin, 
ornamented with blond lace ; train of rich white satin, covered with 
tulle, and embroidered with silver lama to correspond. Head-dress, 
a handsome plume of ostrich feathers, and a profusion of diamonds. 

Lady Belhaven. — Rich embroidered steel dress, trimmed richly with 
blond ; embroidered train to match, lined with satin. 

Lady Milliken Napier. — Superb gold lama dress, with crimson and 
gold embroidered border, over white satin petticoat, trimmed with lama 
flouncing ; train of gold lama, border of crimson and gold. Head-dress, 
a profusion of feathers and diamonds. 

Lady Menzies. — Gold lama dress, with superb border, over white 
satin ; train, white silk, trimmed with gold fringe. Head-dress, feathers, 
pearls, and diamonds. 

Lady Montgomery. — A beautiful dress of white tulle, embroidered in 
pearls and chenille, over white satin ; train of rich pink satin, with 
roleaus of pink and beads to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and 
diamonds. 

Lady Elizabeth Campbell. — A French tulle dress, beautifully striped 
in a novel way with silver lama, festooned at the bottom with silver 
trimming, and looped up with silver thistles, roses, and heath; the train 
of lilac silk, ornamented all round with silver thistle, rose, and heath, 
and beautiful plume of white ostrich feathers. 

Lady Glenorcby — A beautiful silver lama dress, looped with silver, 
rose, and thistle, and French white satin ; train trimmed with silver 
thistle, ornamented all round with bunches of rose and thistle. 

Lady Pringle. — Rich gold sprig lama dress, with French white satin 
train, trimmed round with rich gold lama, and Highland bonnet, par 
ticularly rich and novel, embroidered with a gold thistle intermixed with 
heath ; with an elegant plume of ostrich feathers, and a diamond star 
in the middle. 

Lady Dick. — Dress of white net, finished at the bottom with an ele- 
gant wreath of tulle roses. Corsage and manteau of the richest white 
satin, trimmed with blond lace. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Lady Ann Maxwell. — French tulle dress, striped with white satin 
vailings, with two rows of very rich blond lace, festooned round the 
bottom ; train, jeranium-coloured satin, richly trimmed with blond 
lace. 

Lady John Campbell. — A silver lama dress, trimmed richly with 
blond ; and green figured train trimmed with silver. 

Lady Sinclair of Ulbster. — A French tulle dress, striped with vailings 
of satin, with two garnitures of satin and Frence tulle, put on in a very 
novel way ; with a tartan satin train ornamented with French tulle and 
scarlet satin ; silver lama turban, and a rich plume of feathers. 



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Lady Hope, Pinkie. — An elegant tulle dress, over white satin, richly 
embroidered in pearls ; body and sleeves fully trimmed with the finest 
blond ; train of blue satin, trimmed with blond lace, tulle and beads, 
and lined with white satin. Head-dress, an elegant plume of ostrich 
feathers, pearls, &c. 

Lady Scott. — A beautiful rich gold lama dress, ornamented in a novel 
style, with a gold rose and thistle ; the slip trimmed at the bottom 
with broad rich vandyke trimming ; the train of figured satin, trimmed 
with a rich gold trimming and blond lace. 

Lady Shepherd. — A rich embroidered tulle dress ; body and sleeves 
handsomely trimmed with blond ; manteau of violet gros-de-Naples, 
trimmed with net satin. Head-dress, rich gold turban, with elegant 
plume of ostrich feathers. 

Lady Rae, St Catherine's.— Gold lama dress, over rich white satin, 
with a border of crimson and gold ; train of crimson satin, trimmed 
with lama and tulle. Head-dress, white feathers, pearls, and diamonds. 
Sabats and tucker of point. 

Lady Ann Margaret Grant of Grant. — A toque, very richly em- 
broidered with gold ; a profusion of beautiful ostrich feathers, elegantly 
displayed and forming a superb plume ; an ornament of the finest Scots 
gems in front, of a colour to correspond with the gold trimmings of the 
dress ; a rich gold lama petticoat, having a fluting of white satin, covered 
with gold spangled net; body and sleeves of gold lama, ornamented 
with gold lace ; a train of grass-green satin, lined with white satin, 
arid magnificently decorated with rich gold lace and tassels; tucker, 
double ruffles, and lappets of fine Brussels lace ; armlet of gold chain, 
the clasp ornamented with beautiful stones ; ear-rings, necklace, and 
bracelets of rich Scots gems, set in gold. 

Lady Heron Maxwell. — A white net dress, elegantly embroidered in 
pearls, and profusely trimmed with blond lace. Manteau of rich cherry 
satin, superbly trimmed with garniture en perles to correspond. Head- 
dress, toque and feathers, with pearls and diamonds— This dress was 
most deservedly admired. 

Lady Shaw Stewart. — A rich gold lama dress, embroidered in designs 
peculiarly elegant, and profusely trimmed with blond lace and gold lama 
trimming. Manteau of rich emerald satin, superbly trimmed with garni- 
ture en tulle, and lama to correspond. Head-dress, gold toque, feathers, 
and diamonds. 

Lady Buller. — A rich white satin petticoat, over which was worn a 
blond dress, trimmed at the bottom with three rows of vandyke white 
satin, surmounted with three rows of elegant gold trimming, the bust 
and sleeves trimmed with blond lace, and finished with gold trimming 
and tassels. Head-dress, a turban of gold embroidered muslin, gold 
band, topazes, and feathers. 

Mary Lady Clerk. — A white satin dress, tastefully ornamented with 
vandyke satin at the bottom, and surmounted with rows of rich gold 
trimming, the bust richly trimmed with fine point lace and gold ; train 
of purple satin, richly trimmed with tulle and gold. Head-dress, an 
elegant gold embroidered turban and gold band, with black and white 
feathers. 

Lady Oswald of Dunnikier. — A rich white satin petticoat, over which 
was worn a tulle dress, richly embroidered with Roman pearl, the bust 



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and sleeves elegantly trimmed with blond and Roman pearl ; train of 
rich pink satin, lined with white siJk, and richly trimmed with roses 
and leaves, composed of pink tulle and Roman pearl. Head-dress, 
feathers, and an elegant sprig of diamonds ; necklace and ear-rings to 
correspond. 

Lady Dundas. — A. very beautiful tulle dress, trimmed with blond, 
embroidered in white silk, forming stripes of ivy leaves, and terminated 
by a most elegant border of the same kind. Manteau and girdle of lilac 
satin. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Lady A. Hope — Blue crape dress, train richly trimmed with buffonts of 
crape leise and satin. 

Lady F. Gower — Beautiful white dress, richly ornamented with steel. 
Train of white satin, with crape leise and steel trimmings. Head-dress, 
feathers and diamonds. 

Lady Montgomery Cunninghame. — An elegant embroidered tulle dress, or- 
namented with pearls, over white satin, richly trimmed with blond ; train, 
white satin, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Lady Troubridge, — A blue and silver lama dress, over white satin, with 
rich blond ; blue satin train, trimmed with silver and blond. 

Lady Maitland Gibson wore a most magnificent tulle dress over white satin, 
trimmed round the bust and sleeves with blond ; rich white satin train, lined 
with peach sarsnet, superbly trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers and 
diamonds. 

Lady John Hope — Beautiful tulle dress, ornamented with blue and steel. 
White silk train, trimmed with blue and steel trimming. 

Lady MoncriefFof Moncrieff. — A silver lama dress ; lilac gros-de-Naples 
train, trimmed with silver. Head-dress feathers, ornaments, and diamonds. 

Lady Mary Lindsay Craufurd — Over a petticoat of white satin a most 
magnificent dress of gold lama, richly embroidered with groups of purple 
grapes, with gold vine leaves tastefully festooned at bottom, with rich rouleaus 
of gold, and grapes to correspond ; body and sleeves embellished with a pro- 
fusion of the finest blond ; train of white satin with rouleaus of gold. Head- 
dress a toque of gold, with a superb plume and a splendid display of brilliants 
and diamonds. 

Lady Carmichael Anstruther — A silver lama dress ; pale-blue satin train, 
trimmed with silver. Head-dress, feathers and torquoise ornaments. 

The honourable Mrs William Dundas — A splendid silver lama, with 
rich border, over a dx-ess of lilac satin, trimmed with silver lama rouleau 
and flounce ; train and body of lilac satin, ornamented with blond, and 
embroidered in silver lama. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Lady Penuel Grant of Grant A toque, very richly embroidered 

with silver; a profusion of beautiful ostrich feathers, elegantly dis- 
played, and forming a superb plume ; an ornament in front, com- 
posed of the finest blue Scots gems ; a rich silver lama petticoat, 
having in front splendid festoons of silver bullion, and fastened with 
silver tassels ; body and sleeves of silver lama, ornamented with silver 
lace ; an azure-blue satin train, lined with white satin, and magnificently 
decorated with rich silver lace and tassels ; tucker, double ruffles, and 
lappets of fine Brussels lace ; armlet, composed of beautiful Scots gems, 
ofvarious colours, tastefully arranged ; ear-rings, necklace, and bracelets 
to correspond. 

The honourable Mrs Grant of Grant. — The hair dressed in light 
curls, and ornamented in front with diamond brilliants ; a full and lofty 
plume of ostrich feathers placed behind, and gracefully waving in dif- 



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ferent directions ; petticoat splendidly sprigged with oak leaves of rich 
gold lama, and bordered with a double row of laurel leaves of the same ; 
body and sleeves to correspond ; train of rich white satin, trimmed with 
gold, and fastened in front with diamond brilliant clasps ; tucker, double 
ruffles, and lappets of blond ; ear-rings and bracelets of diamond 
brilliants ; two rows of massy diamond brilliants formed the splendid 
necklace. 

Honourable Mrs Sinclair of Ulbster. — A tulle dress, over white satin, 
trimmed with pink roses and blond; pink satin train. Head-dress, 
feathers and diamonds. 

Honourable Mrs Maule. — A superb and exquisitely fine Brussels point 
lace dress, worn over white satin ; the bottom ornamented chastely and 
tastefully with white satin and roses ; body and sleeves trimmed with 
satin and deep Brussels point to correspond ; train of rich white satin, 
lined with the same material, and worked all round in a deep and ele- 
gant border of rich embroidery, finished at the edge with superb 
Brussels point lace. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds, with lappets 
en suite. 

Mrs Campbell of Stonefield. — Rich white satin petticoat, over which 
was worn a tulle dress, richly embroidered with silver; train of white 
gros-de- Naples, richly trimmed with silver fringe. Head-dress, feathers 
and diamonds. 

Mrs Harley Drummond. — A white net dress, richly embroidered in 
steel, and profusely trimmed with blond lace. Manteau of rich sky-blue 
satin, elegantly trimmed with garniture en ecier, and tulle to corre- 
spond. Head-dress, feathers and a profusion of diamonds. — A superb 
dress. 

Mrs Boyd Alexander.— A rich white satin dress, profusely trimmed 
with blond lace and garniture de fleurs en satin. Manteau of rich ruby 
satin, with garniture en blond and satin to correspond. Head-dress, gold 
toque, feathers, and rubies. 

Mrs George Forbes. — A white net dress, richly embroidered in appli- 
que, and elegantly trimmed in festoons of blush roses. Corsage a la 
vierge. Manteau, white satin, trimmed to correspond. Head-dress, 
feathers and profusion of diamonds This dress was quite unique. 

Mrs Campbell of Barcaldine. — A very splendid tulle dress, richly em- 
broidered in silver. Lama stripes, terminated by a beautiful border of 
the same kind. Manteau and body of rich white satin trimmed with 
blond, and embroidered in silver lama. Head-dress, feathers and dia- 
monds. 

Mrs Baillie of Polkemmet. — A magnificent silver lama dress, finished 
by a rouleau and elegant border of wheat, embroidered in the same 
splendid manner. Manteau and body of white satin, trimmed with 
blond, and embroidered in silver lama. Head-dress, feathers and dia- 
monds. 

Mrs Craigie of Dumbarnie. — Wore a particularly elegant dress of 
tulle, richly covered with stars of pink velvet, and Roman pearls. Under- 
dress of white satin, with a full trimming of tulle. Manteau and body 
of rich pink silk, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Mrs Lindesay, Bethune— A superb white tulle dress magnificently 
embroidered with steel. A train to correspond. Head-dress, ostrich 
feathers and diamonds. 

Mrs Hay of Spott.— A rich white satin petticoat, over which was woi;. 



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a dress of rich figured tulle, elegantly trimmed with blond and white 
satin. Train of rich lavender gros-de-Naples, trimmed with blond and 
white satin. Head-dress, an elegant silver embroidered turban, feathers 
and diamonds ; necklace and ear-rings to correspond. 

Mrs Cathcart of Blairstone. — A white satin petticoat, over which was 
worn a white tulle dress, richly ornamented with blond and Roman 
pearls : train a peach blossom rich figured silk, tastefully trimmed with 
tulle and Roman pearl. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Mrs Gordon of Spring-hall. — Dress of white net trimmed with blond, 
and elegantly embroidered in flowers of white silk, interspersed with 
wreaths of tulle. Manteau and girdle of rich pink silk, ornamented with 
blond. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Mrs Rutherford Dress of tulle, elegantly embroidered in white silk 

and ornamented with blond. Train of rich lavender silk, trimmed to 
correspond. Toque of silver tissue, with a feather bandeau and coronet 
plume. 

Miss Rae. — Wore a very simple and elegant tulle dress over white 
satin, richly embroidered in Roman pearls. Manteau and corsage of 
white satin, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers and precious 
stones. 

Mrs Brown. — A very beautiful net dress, elegantly embroidered in 
blue silk and Roman pearls. Manteau of azure blue silk, trimmed with 
blond. 

Mrs Steuart of Physgill — A most magnificent robe of tulle, beauti- 
fully ornamented with gold lama, and fastened down the front with 
bands of the richest gold embroidery, finished at the bottom with a rou- 
leau and flounce of the same splendid materials. Corsage and manteau 
of rich white silk embroidered in gold lama. Head-dress, a profusion of 
ostrich feathers, surmounted by a Circassian plume of pomean and gold. 
Mrs Hamilton Dundas. — A very beautiful dress of tulle, with full 
flounces, and a rouleau of silver lama. Train of rich amethyst silk, 
with a splendid embroidery of silver lama leaves. Toque of silver tissue, 
with a profusion of feathers and pearls. 

Mrs Murray of Lintrose. — A rich figured French tulle dress, finished 
at the bottom by an elegant garniture of rings, pearl, and blond lace, 
over a white satin petticoat; a rich figured Pomona-green gros de Naples 
train, edged with blond and pearls, and trimmed with a handsome satin 
and tulle garniture. Head-dress, feathers, pearls, and turquois. 

Mrs William Mackenzie. — A very elegant robe of silver lama, with a 
simple border of white roses and silver stars. Manteau of azure blue 
satin, trimmed with blond, and embroidered in silver. Head-dress, fea- 
thers and diamonds. 

Mrs Munro.— .A splendid silver lama dress, with rich border. Man- 
teau of le formee de Pouche, embroidered with silver lama. Head-dress, 
feathers and diamonds. 

Miss Dundas. — Under-dress of white satin, trimmed with tulle. Dra- 
pery of tulle, elegantly embroidered in Roman pearls. Corsage and man- 
teau of white satin, ornamented with blond and pearls. Head-dress, 
feathers and pearls. 

Miss Cockburn. — A very splendid dress of white net, trimmed with 
blond, and richly embroidered in silver lama, interspersed with a ruche 
of tulle, finished by a rouleau of lama. Manteau of pink silk, trimmed 
to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and precious stones. 



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Miss Hagart.— A simple and elegant tulle dress, with silver flounces. 
Manteau and body of white satin, trimmed with blond, and embroider- 
ed with silver lama. Head-dress, feathers and precious stones. 

Miss Helen Baillie— A very elegant sprigged silver lama robe, with 
border of blue roses, interspersed with silver. Train of azure blue satin, 
trimmed with blond, and richly embroidered in silver lama. Head-dress, 
feathers and diamond. 

Miss Jane Wauchope of Niddrie.— A white satin petticoat, over white ; 
an elegant French tulle dress, handsomely trimmed with pearl and rings, 
finished with superb blond lace; a rich veined white satin train, trim- 
med with a garniture of satin and tulle. Head-dress, feathers, pearls, &c 

Miss Hume, 47, George Street — A pink satin slip, trimmed with a 
deep flounce of lace, headed with silver, over which was worn an ele- 
gant lace dress, looped up with silver boublons, so as to display the trim- 
ming of the petticoat ; a rich gros-de-Naples train of pink, finished with 
a garniture of lace and silver. Head-dress, a tight Grecian toque of silver 
tissue, feathers, diamonds, pearls, and rubies. 

Miss A. Hume — A. white satin petticoat, trimmed with a deep flounce 
of lace, headed with silver, over which an elegant lace dress, caught up 
by silver cord and bdublons ; a handsome blue gros-de-Naples train, fi- 
nished by a garniture of lace and silver. Head-dress, a tight Grecian 
toque of silver tissue, feathers and blue topazes. 

Miss Masterton — Petticoat of rich white satin ; garniture of silver 
roses and acorns, above a deep flounce of silver lama, drapery of silver 
lama, trimmed with a wreath to correspond with the bottom ; train of 
rich white satin, with a border of silver lama. Head-dress, a profusion 
of feathers and diamonds ; point lappets ; diamond ear-rings ; necklace, 
pearls and diamonds. 

Miss Maxwell of Pollok— Rich white satin dress, profusely ornament- 
ed with blond and roses. Train to correspond, of pink gros-de-Naples, 
and magnificently embroidered with Roman pearl, and surrounded with 
deep blond. Apron of blond and pearl. Stomacher and tassels of ivory, 
and large cog de pearl. Head-dress, pearls and feathers. 

Miss Mackenzie, (daughter of the accomplished author of the Man of 
Feeling).— A silver embroidered toque, with a large plume of ostrich 
feathers; a tulle petticoat, over a white satin slip, fully trimmed with 
blond, and ornamented with white satin fluting ; body and sleeves of 
tulle, similarly trimmed and ornamented ; a train of evening primrose- 
coloured satin, lightly trimmed with tulle, crossed with satin of the 
same colour ; tucker, ruffles, and lappets of fine blond ; necklace and 
ornaments of amethysts. 

Miss Heron Maxwell. — A white net dress, richly embroidered in 
pearls, and trimmed with a profusion of blond lace. Manteau of French 
pink satin, with garniture en perles to correspond. Head-dress, feathers 
and pearls, a most magnificent dress. 

Miss Shaw Stewart. — A white net dress, richly embroidered in pearls, 
and trimmed with a profusion of blond lace. Manteau of the richest 
white gros-de-Naples, with garniture en blond and pearls to correspond. 
Head-dress, feathers, pearls, and diamonds.— A most elegant dress. 

Miss Buller. — A. white satin petticoat, over which was worn a white 
tulle dress, elegantly embroidered at the bottom, intermixed with 
bunches of flowers ; the bust ornamented with blond and bunches of 
flowers. Train of rich figured pink silk, tastefully trimmed with tulle 



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and white satin. Head-dress, feathers and pearls ; necklace and ear- 
rings to correspond. 

Miss Hunter, daughter to Lady Hunter.— A white satin petticoat, 
over which was worn a tulle dress, richly, embroidered, and trimmed 
with white satin, silver and blond. Train, French white gros-de- 
Naples, tastefully trimmed with tulle and silver. Head-dress, feathers 
and diamonds. 

Miss Anne Hunter. — The same. 

Miss Wedderburn of Wedderburn. — A rich white satin petticoat, over 
which was worn a rich tulle dress, ornamented with Roman pearls ; the 
bust tastefully trimmed with blond and white satin ; train, rich figured 
French white silk, elegantly trimmed with tulle and Roman pearl. Head- 
dress, feathers and pearls. 

Two Misses Graham of Mossknow. — Rich white satin petticoats, over 
which were worn dresses of tulle, with deep embroiderings at the bot- 
tom, composed of floss silk and white satin, the busts richly trimmed with 
blond and white satin; trains of rich French white figured silk, taste- 
fully trimmed with blond and white satin. Head-dresses, feathers and 
diamonds. 

Miss Hay of Spott. — A white satin petticoat, over which was worn a 
tulle dress, elegantly embroidered with Roman pearls and chinelle, the 
bust tastefully trimmed with blond lace ; sleeves festooned with bunches 
of Roman pearl. Train of rich pink silk, and ornamented with tulle and 
roleau of white satin. Head-dress, feathers and pearls ; necklace and 
ear-rings to correspond. 

Miss Margaret Sinclair.— -A rich white figured gauze, over white satin, 
trimmed very full, with beads and white wreaths. Train of the royal 
plaid satin, trimmed en suite. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Julia Sinclair.— A dress of tulle over a white satin slip, trim- 
med with blue flowers. Train of blue gros-de-Naples, trimmed to cor- 
respond. Head-dress, feathers. 

Miss Diana Sinclair.— A tulle dress, over white satin, with a rich 
French border, finished with white satin ; train of royal plaid satin trim- 
med with blond. Head-dress, diamonds and feathers. 

Miss Isabella Hay of Spott. — A rich white satin petticoat, over which 
was worn a tulle dress, elegantly embroidered at the bottom, and inter- 
mixed with bunches of flowers ; the bust and sleeves trimmed with 
blond, and bunches of flowers ; train of pink lovet, trimmed with tulle 
and roleau of satin. Head-dress, feathers and pearls ; necklace and 
ear-rings to correspond. 

Mrs Colonel Oliphant of Rossie. — A white tulle dress, over white satin, 
richly embroidered at bottom, and handsomely trimmed with fine blond ; 
train of figured pink satin, trimmed with elegant puffing of tulle. Head- 
dress, turban, with elegant plume of ostrich feathers. 

Mrs John Oliphant— A rich striped gauze dress, tastefully trimmed 
with satin gauze and blond ; train, Manilla gros-de-Naples. Head- 
dress, turban, with feathers. 

Mrs Anderson of St Germains. — Rich tulle petticoat, with three 
flounces of blond, headed with pearls, over white satin train of tulle, 
superbly embroidered with pearls, and lined with amber. Head-dress 
of pearls and diamonds, with a profusion of feathers. 

Mrs Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn. — A rich embroidered 



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tulle dress, over white satin, trimmed handsomely at bottom, with full 
garniture of tulle intermixed with satin; body and sleeves trimmed 
richly with blond ; train of blue satin, trimmed with tulle, and satin 
roleau. Head-dress, a silver tissue turban, with elegant plume of 
ostrich feathers. 

Mrs M'Leod of M'Leod — Elegant silver lama dress, with train to 
correspond, lined with white satin, trimmed with pointed silver, and 
satin petticoat, with beautiful border of thistles and flounces of blond. 
Silver net Highland hat, with a profusion of feathers, and diamonds 
and pearls. 

Mrs Ferguson of Hermand. — Tulle petticoat of handsome embroidery 
of pearls, over white satin body, trimming and sabats of rich blond ; 
train of French violet satin, trimmed with pearls and blond. Head- 
dress, pearls, toque with feathers, and ornaments of diamonds. 

Mrs Hunter of Thurston. — Tulle dress, over white satin ; train of 
rich pink satin, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, blond, diamonds, and 
feathers. 

Mrs Macdonald of St Martins. — An elegant dress of white tulle, 
embroidered in blue and silver lama, over white satin; train of blue 
watered silk, with silver lama to correspond. Head-dress, a handsome 
plume of feathers, with a profusion of diamonds, and an eagle's plume. 

Mrs Farquharson of Invercauld. — A rich French tulle dress, with 
embroidered garniture round the bottom, with blue figured silk train. 

Mrs Ferguson of Kilrie. — Rich white pearl dress, embroidered with 
chenille and pearls, trimmed richly with blond and rich blue satin ; train 
trimmed with the same, and pearl. 

Mrs Houston of Johnstone. — Superb silver and blue lama, over white 
satin, handsomely trimmed with point; train, silver lama, with blue 
lined rich white satin. Superb head-dress of silver point, and profusion 
of feathers and diamonds. — This dress had an elegant effect. 

Mrs Colonel White. — A tulle dress, tastefully embroidered with tulle 
and pearls ; body and sleeves trimmed handsomely with fine blond ; train 
of rich peach satin, lined with white silk, and trimmed with blond, tulle 
and pearls to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Mrs Colonel Napier. — Silver lama dress, over white satin ; train, white 
satin, trimmed with silver; elegant white and silver head-dress, with 
plume, diamonds, and pearls. 

Mrs Colonel Hastings. — Beautiful pink and white tulle dress, over 
satin petticoat, with full satin roleau ; train, figured pink satin, trim- 
med with tulle shells. Head dress, feathers, diamonds, and pearls. 

Mrs Colonel Wauchope — Tulle dress, with beautiful steel border 
over white satin ; train, white satin, trimmed with steel and blond. 
Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and pearls. 

Mrs Ramsay Rich tulle dress, flounced with blond, over white 

satin ; train, French violet satin, trimmed with blond and pearls. Head- 
dress, Turkish toque, with pearls and feathers, sabats of blond. 

Mrs Jardine. — Rich white satin dress, trimmed richly at the bottom, 
with broad blond lace and garniture ; the train of jonquille satin, 
trimmed richly with the same. 

Mrs Mackenzie — A beautifully simple dress of white net, ornamented 
at bottom with orange flowers and rose-buds; train of pink satin to 
correspond. Head-dress, feathers aud pearls. 

Mrs Field — A pearl satin petticoat, with a beautiful embroidered 



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steel dress, richly trimmed with blond ; train, pearl satin, trimmed to 
correspond. Head-dress, feathers, with silver beads. 

Mrs Edward Douglas. — Gold lama dress of rich tulle plaiting, and 
superb border of lama ; train of French violet satin, trimmed with gold 
lama ; gold pointed net head-dress, with feathers, crescent of diamonds 
and amethysts. 

Miss Stewart of Castle Stewart— An elegant tulle dress, over white 
satin, embroidered richly, with a deep border of pearls ; body and sleeves 
trimmed handsomely with blond ; train of blue gros-de- Naples, trimmed 
with tulle to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Baillie of Kailzie — Beautiful silver blue and lama dress, festooned 
with broad flounce of silver lama and silver flowers ; satin slip trimmed with 
broad silver fringe; pink gros-de-Naples, trimmed round with silver 
trimming. 

The Honourable Miss Bethia Hamilton of Wishaw. — A beautiful em- 
broidered dress of tulle, over white satin, trimmed with blond ; train of white 
satin, trimmed with blond to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Dalyell of Binns. — A beautiful gold lama dress, over white satin, 
trimmed richly with blond ; train of Minilla gros-de-Naples, trimmed with 
satin roleaus. Head-dress, feathers, &c. 

Miss Bruce of Kennet A white tulle dress, embroidered in chenille and 

steel beads, over white satin, richly trimmed with fine blond ; train of rich 
Manilla gros-de-Naples, trimmed with tulle and satin roleaus. Head-dress, 
feathers and diamonds. 

Miss Pringle of White Bank. — A white tulle embroidered dress, over white 
satin, richly trimmed with blond ; train of pearl-figured gros-de-Naples. 
Head-dress, feathers, with pearl ornaments. 

Mrs Laing Meason — A most superb pearl dress, lined with rich pink 
satin, with a beautiful embroidered rich train to match, with a rich plume of 
ostrich feathers. 

Miss Jardine. — A French tulle dress, embroidered with wreaths of flowers ; 
train of white gros-de-Naples silk, with wreaths of flowers all around. 

Miss Oliphant A white gauze dress, over white satin, trimmed with 

gauze blond and white roses ; train of rich green gros-de-Naples. Head- 
dress, ostrich feathers. 

Miss Scott A rich silver lama dress, ornamented very tastefully with a 

silver thistle, rose, and blue bells of Scotland ; a pink gros-de-Naples train, 
trimmed with silver all round. 

Miss Lockhart — A white net dress, embroidered with pink, over white 
satin ; train of pink figured silk, ornamented to correspond. Head-dress, 
feathers and pearls. 

Miss E. Lockhart. — The same as her sister. 

Miss Bruce. — A white tulle dress, with silver lama flounces ; robe of pink 
figured silk, with trimming to correspond. Head-dress, feathers and 
diamonds. 

Miss Brebner. — Rich striped embroidered French tulle dress, with two 
rows of rich blond lace festooned round the bottom, intermixed with the 
rose, the thistle, and shamrock; white gros-de-Naples silk train, trimmed 
with French tulle and satin. 

Miss Runnington — A handsome embroidered tulle dress, trimmed with a 
profusion of fine blond ; train, rich peach gros-de-Naples, trimmed to corre- 
spond. Head-dress, handsome plume of ostrich feathers, &c. 

Miss Grey. — A beautiful tulle embroidered dress, over white satin, body 
and sleeves richly trimmed with blond ; train of figured lavender silk, 
trimmed with tulle and satin. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Farquharson — Rich French tulle dress, embroidered and intermixed 



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with flowers, trimmed richly with blond lace, ornamented with pink and 
silver trains of pink gros-de-Naples, with rich broad Vandyke trimming all 
round ; rich pink ostrich plume of feathers, and silver bandeau. 

Mrs Major Mackay — Embroidered tulle dress, trimmed with silver, over 
white satin ; train, white satin, trimmed with silver net fringe. Silver 
Turkish turban, with handsome plume, diamonds, and pearls. 

Mrs Captain Stirling. — Superb silver lama petticoat, over white satin, 
flounced with blond and siver wreath ; train of rich pink satin, trimmed with 
blond and silver. Head-dress, plumes and feathers. 

Mrs Inglis of Redhall. — Embroidered tulle dress, over white satin ; tram, 
figured white silk, trimmed with blond. Head-dress of feathers and 
diamonds. 

Mrs John Cay. — Gold lama dress, flounced with lama, over white satin ; 
train, white satin, trimmed with gold netted fringe. Head-dress of plumes, 
pearls, and diamonds. 

Mrs John Fullarton — Tulle dress, embroidered with steel, over white 
satin ; body trimmed with blond, sabats of blond ; train ornamented most 
tastefully. Head-dress, a profusion of feathers. 

Mrs Tytler of Woodhouselee — Tulle dress, over white satin ; train of blue 
watered silk, trimmed with tulle. Head-dress of feathers. 

Miss Graham of Airth — Gold lama dress, over white satin ; body trimmed 
with blond ; sabats of blond ; train, French violet, trimmed with gold lama ; 
embroidered tulle and gold head-dress, with a profusion of feathers and 
pearls. 

Miss Douglas of Lockerby. — Tulle dress, over white satin, beautifully 
trimmed with embroidery of pearls ; sabats of blond ; peach satin train, 
trimmed with pearl. Pearl embroidered head-dress, with flounces and 
topazes. 

Miss Macdowal Ardoch — Embroidered pearl dress, over white satin ; 
pearl satin train, trimmed with blond or pearl. Head-dresss of feathers and 
pearls. 

Miss Bullock — Embroidered pearl dress, with pink satin ; train trimmed 
with blond ; blond sabats. 

Miss Lateward Pearl embroidered dress, with wreath of silver roses, over 

satin petticoat ; train, gros-de-Naples, trimmed with silver ; body trimmed 
with silver netted fringe. Head-dress, silver, pearls, and plume. 

Miss Caroline Lateward. — Handsome tulle dress, over white satin slip, 
finished with wreath of roses ; train of white gros-de-Naples* trimmed with 
silver netted fringe. Head-dress of silver band, pearls, and plume. 

Miss Ramsay. — Ringed net dress, with handsome border over satin slip, 
finished with silver wreaths. Head-dress, silver band, plume, and pearls. 

Miss B. Ramsay The same. 

Miss Mary Dundas. — Tulle dress, embroidered with flounces and border 
of steel, over white satin ; train of rich figured silk, trimmed with blond and 
steel — Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Ross Tulle dress, trimmed with lama fringe over satin, slip finish- 
ed with silver ; train of peach satin, trimmed with pointed silver fringe. 
Head-dress of pearls, and a profusion of feathers. 

Miss Marion Ross — The same. 

Miss Ellen Norton — Lace dress, elegantly festooned with silver roses, over 
white satin, slip finished with silver ; train of rich white gros-de-Naples, 
trimmed with silver fringe. Head-dress of feathers and pearls. 

Mrs Little Gilmour of Craigmillar. — A white tulle dress embroidered with 
chenille ; a pink satin train, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers, or- 
naments, and pearls. 

Mrs Colonel Burton — A French white petticoat with drapery of tulle, taste- 

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fully intermixed with pink rouleau and roses ; rich pink satin train, trimmed 
with blond, fastened at alternate distances with a bouquet of red and white 
rose-buds. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Mrs Colonel Walker — A rich white satin dress, two rows of waved blond 
on the skirt, edged with gold, and ornamented with superb gold thistles; 
train, green Normandy silk, trimmed with gold point; sleeves and body in a 
tasteful and novel styie to correspond. 

Mrs Arbuthnot — A white tulle dress, with roses ; a pale blue silk train, 
trimmed with blond. Head-dress, a turban of silver lama, with feathers. 

Mrs Dr Graham. — A white crape dress, trimmed with flowers ; a figured 
white silk train, trimmed with blond. Head-dress, a turban surmounted by a 
handsome plume of feathers, ornaments, and diamonds. 

Mrs Campbell of Dalserf. — A tulle dress, beautifully interspersed with 
pearls and pearl rouleau ; train of amethyst satin, trimmed a la Paris. Orna- 
ments, pearls, surmounted with feathers. 

Mrs Gibson of Ingliston. — A very elegant tulle dress, trimmed with 
Brussels lace over white satin ; train rich white satin, trimmed with blond, 
and lined with peach sarsnet. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. 

Mrs Hope Johnston. — Tulle dress embroidered with pearls, handsome trim- 
ming of lilies formed in pearls at the bottom, and over rich white satin slip. 
Train of jessamine coated gros-de-Naples, handsomely trimmed with tulle 
and pearl trimming, and edged with blond. 

Mrs Bruce of Stenhouse — A silver lama dress ; train, pearl gros de Naples, 
trimmed with silver lama and tulle. Ornaments of diamonds, surmounted 
with pearls. 

Miss Jane DufF Grant. — A dress of tulle over white satin, richly embroider- 
ed with steel and white chenille, forming wheat sheaves ; the body composed of 
satin and beautiful blond ; train of rich white satin, elegantly trimmed with 
same blond and chenille. Head-dress a plume, handsome pearl ornaments. 

Two Misses Graham Stirling. — White tulle dresses over rich satin, with 
dress garniture of blue and steel, forming a very pretty pattern ; trains of 
azure gros-de-Naples, with an elegant border of steel, satin, and tulle. Head- 
dresses of ostrich plumes, aad pearls. 

Miss Little Giimour of Craigmillar — A tulle dress ; a pearl white train, 
trimmed with blond. Head-dress, feathers, ornaments, and pearls. 

Misses Gibson of Ingliston — Very rich tulle dresses over white satin, trim- 
med with blond ; trains blue gros-de-Naples, tastefully trimmed with tulle and 
satin. Head-dresses, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Maitland Gibson wore a very beautiful tulle figured dress over rich 
white satin, tastefully trimmed with blond lace; white satin train. Head- 
dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Borthwick of Crookston — A rich embroidered tulle dress over white 
satin, ornamented at bottom with rich border, silver lama stomacher, and 
very rich blond sleeves, ornamented with silver ; train pink gros-de-Naples. 

Miss Dewar — A most beautiful steel and pink dress, richly ornamented up 
the front, a la fille d'honeur. Pink satin train, richly trimmed with bouifont 
and steel. Head-dress, feathers and pearls. 

Miss Dewar of Gilston — A tulle dress, embroidered with steel; pink gros- 
de-Naples train. Head-dress, feathers, ornaments, and pearls. 

Mrs Cochrane of Clippings- House — A rich white satin petticoat elegantly 
trimmed with broad blond and gold, over which was worn a most superb 
India dress, tastefully embroidered in gold, with oak leaves formed of the 
wings of the Spanish fly, which had the appearance of the most costly eme- 
ralds. Train of white satin, blond and gold, trimming. Head-dress, a mag- 
nificent plume of feathers, ornamented in front with a brilliant display of 
diamonds. A superb diamond necklace, ear-rings, and brooch, &c. 



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CHAP. VIII. 

On Wednesday, the 21st of August, a general meeting 
of the Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine 
Arts in Scotland was held, which was attended by the 
following noblemen and gentlemen : — 

Earl of Elgin Sir William Elliot, Bart. Mr G. A. Graham Moir 

Earl of Rosebery Dr Hope Mr William Inglis 

Earl of Hopetoun Mr Gilbert Innes Mr John Wauchope 

Earl of Fife Mr Alexander Wood Mr Alexander Gordon 

Lord Belhaven Mr Claud Russell Mr Thomas Kinnear 

Lord Abercromby Mr Henry Jardine Mr George Veitch 

Lord Meadowbank Mr Thomas Allan Mr James Skene 
Baron Clerk Rattray 

The Earl of Hopetoun having been called to the chair, 
the following resolutions, which were proposed by the 
Earl of Hopetoun, and seconded by the Earl of Elgin, 
were unanimously adopted : — 

" Resolved, 1. That it is the opinion of this Society, that 
a memorial should be erected in the city of Edinburgh, to 
commemorate, in the most lasting manner, his Majesty's 
auspicious visit to Scotland; and with that view, that an 
Equestrian Statue, in bronze, of his Majesty, be procured. 

" 2. That his Majesty be invited to sit for this object to 
any artist he may be graciously pleased to name ; and to 
appoint the place where the statue ought to be erected. 

" 3. That subscriptions for this purpose shall not exceed 
£3, 3s. from any gentleman, or one guinea from any lady ; 
it being at the same time understood, that any smaller sum 
will be received ; but that subscriptions from corporations 
or societies shall not be limited. 

" 4. That a general meeting of the Institution, and others 
friendly to the measure, be assembled to-morrow at the 
Waterloo Hotel, at half past four o'clock, for the purpose of 
carrying the above resolutions into more complete effect." 

The thanks of the meeting to the Earl of Hopetoun, 
for his conduct in the chair, being proposed by the Earl 
of Elgin, and seconded by Lord Abercromby, were una- 
nimously agreed to. 



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The noblemen and gentlemen present subscribed for 
themselves £3, 3s. each, and for their ladies =£1, Is. each. 

The same day a Gazette Extraordinary was published, 
containing the ceremonial to be observed on the occasion 
of his Majesty's progress, on the following day, from the 
Palace of Holyrood, to view the castle of Edinburgh. 

His Majesty having graciously accepted the invitation 
to the banquet, to be given to him by the city of Edin- 
burgh on Saturday the 24th August, and signified his 
determination to attend divine service in the High Church 
on the next Sunday, the following proclamation and notice 
were issued, the first by the civic authorities, the other by 
the ministers and kirk-session of St Giles's : — 

" The Lord Provost and Magistrates direct the following 
regulations to be observed by carriages proceeding to and 
returning from the banquet to be given to his Majesty by 
the city of Edinburgh on Saturday next : — 

<e 1. Carriages setting down company to fall into the line 
by the Mound, and to drive off down the High Street, and 
by the Bridges. 

" 2. Carriages taking up company are also to fall into the 
line by the Mound, and proceed down the High Street. 

" City Chambers, Edinburgh, 
^August 21, 1822." 

" On Sunday next, the congregation of the High Church 
will enter only by the south door in the Parliament Square, 
by means of tickets, to be issued to them this day and 
Saturday, from four to eight afternoon, in the City Cess 
Office, 204, High Street. No person can be admitted with- 
out a ticket, and no greater number of tickets will be issued 
than each seat will conveniently hold. No person will be 
permitted to stand in the passages. Seat-holders who cannot 
attend in person for their respective tickets will please send 
a proper authority for receiving them. 

" It is requested, that the whole congregation will be in 
the church, and in their seats, before the arrival of the King, 
as after his Majesty is seated the doors will be shut. 

« High Church Aisle, 23d August 1822." 

In the course of the day, the following Yeomanry 
Corps arrived in Edinburgh, preparatory to the grand 



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cavalry review, by his Majesty, which was fixed to take 
place upon Portobello Sands, on the following Friday 

Berwickshire, under the command of Colonel Marshal 
of Edrington. 

Peeblesshire, under Sir James Montgomery of Stobs, 
Bart. 

Glasgow, under Captain Oswald. 

Fifeshire, under Colonel Thomson of Charleton. 

Linlithgowshire, under Captain Hamilton Dundas of 
Duddingstone. 

Selkirkshire, under Colonel Ballantyne of Phawhope. 

Roxburgh, under Colonel Elliott Lockhart. 

His Majesty this day entertained a select company at 
dinner, among whom were the following noblemen and 
gentlemen : The Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Dor- 
set, Marquis of Conyngham, Earl of Morton, Earl of 
Lauderdale, Earl of Fife, Viscount Melville, Lord 
Montagu, Lord Glenlyon, the Lord Chief Commissioner, 
Sir Walter Scott, Sir Edmund Nagle, and Sir George 
Nayler. Gow^ celebrated band attended, and delighted 
his Majesty by their masterly performance of a number 
of favourite Scottish airs. The young Duke of Buc- 
cleuch was seated on the right of his Majesty, who paid 
him the most marked attention ; and, with the benevo- 
lent view of disengaging him from the more arduous du- 
ties of the table, frequently despatched him to Gow 
with orders to have some particular airs performed or 
repeated. " Come, Buccleuch," said his Majesty, slap- 
ping him on the shoulder, " you are the youngest man 
in the company, and must make yourself useful. 1 ' A 
glass of liqueur had been offered to the young Duke im- 
mediately after dinner, which the King observing, he 
said with a gracious smile, " No ! no ! it is too strong 
for his Grace to drink." 

After dinner his Majesty rose from his seat, and, ad- 
vancing close to the band, addressed himself to Gow, for the 
space of several minutes. Among other flattering remarks, 
he observed, "From my earliest years I have always been 
fond of Scottish music, and have often listened to it with 
pleasure, but have never had so great a treat as this 



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evening. I am happy to see the representative of Neil 
Gow in this place ; and long may he live to delight his 
friends I" Gow was quite confounded with such a mark- 
ed proof of the royal regard, — his heart swelled, and 
his lips faltered ; but, sensible that some acknowledgment 
was due, which, if not courteous, ought at least to be 
emphatic, he made an effort to ejaculate the words, 
" God Almighty bless your Majesty !" which fell upon 
the royal ear in indistinct murmurs. When the king 
had withdrawn, Gow in some degree recovered his com- 
posure, and was heard to utter, " I'm perfectly con- 
tented to die now." 

The King soon after retired, and despatched to Gow, 
by one of his attendants, a copious supply of Atholl- 
brose (the main ingredient of which, Glenlivet, had been 
sent to his Majesty by Mr Maule of Panmure), with 
strict injunctions to drink his Majesty's health with it. 
The command was irresistible ; but, in the absence of 
the Sovereign, our musician had the intrepidity to ob- 
serve to the cup-bearer, that, though the Glenlivet was 
excellent, the honey had been rather sparingly adminis- 
tered. Mr Gow's tuneful band were so intoxicated, more 
with joy and loyalty than with the Glenlivet, that in going 
home they astonished the slumbering rustics by playing 
a very significant air — " I'll ay ca' in by yon town," the 
whole of the way. 

It may not be out of place to observe, that, while at 
Dalkeith House, his Majesty usually retired to his bed- 
room about twelve o'clock. He breakfasted about the 
hour of nine, and generally alone. There was a remark- 
able simplicity in all his habits. At table, he ate ge- 
nerally of the plainest dishes, and sparingly ; and dis- 
pensed with all superfluous ceremony. His demeanour 
to the whole of his attendants, from the highest to 
the lowest, was most kindly and affectionate. One of 
his Majesty's footmen, Benjamin Sykes, happened to 
be seized with a severe illness. The moment that the 
King was informed of the circumstance, he gave orders 
that the best medical skill should be provided to assist 
the recovery of his sick servant ; and every morning af- 
ter, as soon as he awoke, his Majesty despatched one of 



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his attendants to inquire into the state of the man's health.* 
The Duke of Dorset and Lord F. Conyngham generally 
accompanied his Majesty in his carriage to and from 
Edinburgh ; and, on occasions of state processions, a state 
carriage, containing part of the King's suite, preceded 
the royal carriage. 

While the King resided at Dalkeith, he daily received 
presents of venison and fruit, in the greatest variety and 
profusion, from different noblemen and gentlemen, which 
more than supplied his Majesty's tablcf 



• The affability of the King to all around him is so well known, 
that it may be thought superfluous to relate all the anecdotes we 
have heard, which illustrate this amiable trait in his Majesty's char- 
acter. The following, however, which we have been at some pains 
to authenticate, seems to deserve a particular notice : When the 
royal squadron was at the Nore, on its way to Scotland, the King 
came upon deck, and addressed Mr Oak, sailing-master of the 
Royal George, " Well, Old Heart of Oak, give us a pinch of snuff!" 
Mr Oak having replied, that he did not carry a box, his Majesty 
drew from his pocket a very elegant one, having his portrait on its 
lid, and offered it to the veteran tar, who took a pinch from it. The 
King then asked him, whether he thought that he would remember 
his person ? " O, I am sure I shall never forget it," was the reply. 
" Well," said his Majesty, " but keep this as a more failhful re- 
membrancer," and commanded his acceptance of the snuff-box. 

f The Duke of Buccleuch's. store room at Dalkeith House was 
fitted up in a complete manner by Messrs Henderson and Son, oil- 
men and grocers, South Bridge, who had the furnishing of articles 
in their line for his Majesty's table and his attendants. The wines 
for the King's table were furnished by Messrs Cockburn and Com- 
pany, and Messrs Wauchope and Moodie, wine merchants, Leith ; 
and the confectionary by Mr Robert Steele, Prince's Street, his 
Majesty's confectioner for Scotland. The china and similar ware 
were provided by Mr Child, Catherine Street. 



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CHAP. IX. 



At an early hour on Thursday, the S2d of August, the 
eity presented a scene of extraordinary bustle, in conse- 
quence of the arrangements which had been agreed upon 
for his Majesty's procession to the Castle. The weather 
was peculiarly unpropitious. The sky was overcast with 
heavy clouds, which, descending in drizzling and unin- 
termitting showers, threatened the postponement of the 
royal pageant. Notwithstanding the state of the weath- 
er, immense crowds flocked in from the surrounding 
country to witness a spectacle so interesting to the feel- 
ings of Scotsmen ; and, in addition to the hum of the 
constantly accumulating multitude who occupied its 
streets, the city was enlivened by the appearance of the 
different trades, marching in array, and with their ban- 
ners displayed, to the sound of martial music. The view 
of the High Street, towards mid-day, was animated in 
the extreme, as the different public bodies, headed by 
their officers, with their insignia of office, proceeded, in 
seemingly interminable lines, to occupy the stations as- 
signed to them. The windows of the High Street, as 
far as the eye could reach, and the different balconies, 
all covered with green, red, or scarlet cloth, were throng- 
ed to excess ; and the motionless anxiety of those who 
occupied them, contrasted with the lively bustle that 
prevailed on the streets, had a most imposing effect. 

About one o'clock the different public bodies, incor- 
porations, and trades, had taken up the ground assigned 
to them, reaching from the precincts of the Abbey to the 
Castle-hill : they were in lines two deep, and in many 
places three. To a man they were well dressed ; and had 
crosses on their breasts, with heather or thistles in their 
hats, and most of them white rods in their hands. We 
cannot pass over the society of gardeners without remark : 
it was numerous beyond all former precedent, and exhibit- 
ed an unusual display of appropriate emblems, garlands, 



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and fruits. Among these a plume of flowers, compos- 
ed of the flowers of the brightest varieties of the holly- 
hock, and tastefully arranged so as to form the triple 
feather, so long the crest of his Majesty while Prince of 
Wales, attracted much attention. In the Canongate, the 
society of glass-blowers was particularly conspicuous. 
The officer at their head wore a glass hat, with a glass 
sword and target ; and each member carried a long glass 
rod. 

The following is the order of the incorporations and 
public bodies : 

NORTH SIDE. 

i. From the Abbey Precincts to the Canongate Church. 
The Magistrates of Canongate, and the Trades and 
other Public Bodies of Canongate, Calton, and North 
Leith. 

it. Canongate Church to Leith Wynd. 
The Magistrates of Leith, the Merchant Company of 
Leith, the Trades, Sailors, &c. 

in. Leith Wynd to Chalmers' Close. 
The Caledonian Gardeners' Society. 

iv. Chalmers'' Close to the Head of' the North Bridge. 

1. Incorporation of Candlemakers. 

2. Incorporation of Barbers. 

3. Society of St Crispin. 

4. Society of Journeymen Printers. 

v. From the Head of the North Bridge to the Flesh 
Market Close. 
The Society of Bookbinders. 

vi. From the Flesh Market Close to Writers' 1 Court. 

1. The Booksellers of Edinburgh, consisting of about 

100, headed by their preses, Alexander Mackay, 
Esq. 

2. And the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, their 

Clerks, &c. 

vn. Ladies' Gallery above the Royal Exchange. 



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viii. From Writers' Court to the head of Bank Street 

1. A space of 150 feet in length was occupied by Cler- 

gymen of the Established Church and other Clergy- 
men not otherwise accommodated. 

2. Royal Medical Society. 

3. The Students of the University. 

4. Royal Physical Society. 

ix. From Bank Street to Milne's Court. 
1. Church Music Society. 
% Society of Chairmasters. 

5. Society of Porters. 
4. Society of Carters. 

SOUTH SIDE. 

I. From the Abbey Precincts to opposite the Canongate 

Church. 

The Magistrates of Easter and Wester Portsburgh, and 

the Trades and other Public Bodies of their districts. 

ii. From opposite the Canongate Church to Leith Wynd. 
The Magistrates of Leith, the Merchant Company of 
Leith, the Trades, Sailors, &c. 

in. St Mary's Wynd to Gray's Close. 
Society of Journeymen Bakers. 

iv. From Gray's Close, the whole of the south side of the 
High Street, to the Platform on which the Magistrates 
stood at the Cross, was lined by 

The Trades of Edinburgh, their journeymen and ap- 
prentices. 

v. From the Cross to the entry to the Parliame7it Close. 
The Magistrates of Edinburgh and of other royal burghs, 
the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, &c. on a 
platform. 

vi. Ladies' 1 Gallery, divided as under : 
1. Gallery for Peeresses. 
St. Gallery for Merchant Company. 

vii. Gallery for Commissioners of Police. 



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viii. Gallery for ■, 
I. Clergy of Edinburgh. 
& Senatus Academicus of the University. 
8. Royal College of Physicians. 
4. Royal Society. 

ix. Gallery for College of Justice. 

x. Gallery for the County of Edinburgh. 

xi. Gallery at the head of West Bow for, 

1. High School Boys and their Masters. 

2. Heriot's Hospital Boys and their Masters. 

3. Watson's Hospital Boys and their Masters. 

4. The Parochial Teachers. 

5. The Private Teachers. 

Both sides of the streets were lined by dragoons and 
cavalry, stationed in very extended order ; and the 
centre of the streets was kept entirely clear of all passen- 
gers. The most perfect silence prevailed ; only, at in- 
tervals, the bands of music belonging to the different 
corporations struck up some national airs, which served 
to dispel the impatience that began to steal apace upon 
the assembled people, as they calculated the chances of the 
procession taking place, or of its being postponed until a 
future day.* Occasionally, too, the attention of the mul- 
titude was attracted, and their anxiety relieved, by the 
gorgeous appearance of heralds and pursuivants, esquires 
and equerries, arrayed in their appropriate costumes, and 
mounted upon stately coursers, proceeding towards the 
Palace. 

The different Magistrates were seen at times ex- 
amining the extended files which lined the streets, and 
prepared to exert their authority, had that been neces- 



" During this interval of impatience, the following impromptu 
was delivered by a well-known clerical gentleman, of poetical talent : 

When the skies sadly threaten 'd to darken day's glory, 

Fair Eliza began thus to sing : 
" May the rain from the clouds be this day transitory, 

But long be the reign, of our King !" 



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sary, in preserving order. Among these we particularly 
noticed Bailie Henderson, whose indefatigable zeal in 
forwarding the whole arrangements connected with the 
royal visit entitles him to the grateful remembrance of his 
fellow citizens. We also observed Sir Walter Scott, dressed 
in the Windsor uniform, walking up the centre of the 
street along with two other gentlemen, and, as he ad- 
vanced, casting a glance of lofty enthusiasm upon the 
marshalled bands of hardy burghers, whose military 
appearance must have been associated, in his mind, with 
awful but proud recollections. A number of those as- 
sembled did homage to the genius of the worthy Baronet, 
by loudly cheering him. 

While the eagerness of expectation imposed a pro- 
found stillness upon the myriads who occupied the spa- 
cious limits of the street, its windows and balconies, the 
area in front of the Palace presented a scene of the most 
lively bustle. Piquets of the 13th regiment of infantry 
were here stationed upon duty. Three troops of the 
Scots Greys formed a square in the front court of the 
Palace. At ten o'clock the Royal Archers marched into 
the quadrangle of the Palace to the sound of the bugle, 
which had an effect that well corresponded with the 
romantic and martial appearance of that fine corps. 
Then began " the gathering of the clans.'" At half past 
twelve o'clock the Drummond clan entered the court- 
yard, and were soon followed by the clans of Sutherland 
and Glengarry. These formed on the right of the Scots 
Greys. Soon after, the Celts and other bodies of High- 
landers took up a position on the ground ; when the 
whole array, so diversified and so rich in its appearance, 
uniting the magnificence of ancient with the elegance of 
modern times, presented a spectacle of astonishing gran- 
deur. But when the noble and official persons who had 
places assigned them in the procession appeared upon 
the ground, and mingled in the throng, their plumes 
nodding in the air, and their gorgeous trains sweeping 
the ground, — when " steed neighed to steed," — when the 
fairest dames of the land pressed to the Palace windows 
fo overlook the glittering scene, — all that was attractive 
and captivating of chivalry seemed to have been revived, 



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in more than its pristine magnificence, without any of its 
barbarous accompaniments. 

At two o'clock the King arrived at his Palace, es- 
corted by a detachment of the Greys.* His Majesty, 
who expressed himself most anxious to gratify his sub- 
jects by presenting himself fully to their view, remained 
some minutes in the Palace, in hopes that the clouds 
would disperse. The royal carriage was actually open- 
ed ; but, the rain continuing without any abatement, it 
was again closed, to the disappointment of thousands. 

The usual Celtic guard, which mounted daily in the 
Palace over the Regalia, strengthened early in the fore- 
noon by a detachment of the grenadiers, had been formed 
into a guard of honour, under the command of Dr Mack- 
intosh, one of the Captains of the Celts, who, after receiv- 
ing the Knight Marischal with proper honours, escorted 
the Regalia, carried by the Knight Marischal and his 
esquires, into the King's closet, where they awaited his 
Majesty's arrival. The guard was countermarched, and 
drawn up on each side of the door, to be in readiness to 
attend his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, who soon ap- 
peared, bearing the Crown of Scotland on a crimson vel- 

* His Majesty, before setting out from Dalkeith-house, had been 
on horseback for some time in the Park, trying a handsome and most 
powerful grey horse, bred in Ireland, which had been purchased for 
the King from cornet and riding-master Edlman of the Scots 
Greys for 200 guineas. When his Majesty alighted, he went into 
the Palace, and changed part of his dress ; and, after walking about 
the rooms for a few minutes, he chanced to go into the museum, 
where Mr Robert Dickson, manager of Messrs Henderson and Son's 
store at Dalkeith-house, was standing to witness the King's depar- 
ture. The young man made a low bow, and was about to retire, 
when his Majesty, in his usual easy and most gracious manner, said 
to him, " Pray, don't go for me." 

The history of the purchase of the horse above alluded to has 
been much misrepresented ; and the story told about it, of its having 
been made a present of to the King, of his having remunerated the 
donor, &c. is one of a number of clumsy and ridiculous attempts we 
have observed to give a dramatic effect to incidents of ordinary 
occurrence. The truth is, the Duke of Dorset was commanded 
by his Majesty to look out for a suitable horse for him ; his Grace 
accordingly applied to Captain Wyndham of the Greys, who re-* 
commended the horse in question, which his Majesty, after a trial, 
was so well pleased with, that he directed it to be purchased. 



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vet cushion. On the approach of his Grace, the guard 
filed to the right and left, in order of procession, the two 
rear files wheeling up to close the rear ; and the whole 
then proceeded to the front of the Palace. The Crown 
being properly adjusted, the Duke mounted his horse just 
as his Majesty entered his state carriage. 

About a quarter past two o'clock, the procession 
moved from the Palace at a slow pace, which was quick- 
ened as the procession advanced, owing to the state of 
the weather. 

ORDER OF THE PROCESSION. 

Trumpeters of Mid-Lothian Yeomanry. 

Squadron of Mid-Lothian Yeomanry, six abreast. 

Division of MarischaFs Guard (Breadalbanes and Mac- 

gregors), twelve abreast. 

Band. 

Detachment of Scots Greys, six abreast. 

Two State Trumpeters. 

Marchmont Herald, 

(T. Small, Esq.) 
Marischal Trumpeters. 
Marischal Guard of Highland Gentlemen, twelve abreast. 
A Marischal Yeoman. 
Three Marischal Yeomen abreast. 
Six Marischal Esquires, three abreast, mounted, and at- 
tended by four Marischal Yeomen. 
Henchman. Knight Marischal, Henchman. 

Marischal Yeoman. (Sir A. Keith.) Marischal Yeoman. 
Division of Lord High Constable's Highland Guard. 
Two Pursuivants in their Tabards. 
Four State Trumpeters. 
Islay Herald, 
(John Cook, Esq.) supported by 
Two Pursuivants in their Tabards. 

A f Usher of the White Rod, ) K 

A SS .stant. | (gir patrick Walker>) }• Assistant. 

Lord Lyon King at Arms, (Lord Kinnoull) 

attended by Two Grooms. 

Constable's Guard of Partizans. 

Six Constable's Yeomen, three abreast. 

Six Constable's Esquires, in like order. 



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Three Macers, the Exchequer Mace in the centre. 

Six Grooms, three abreast, attendants on the Sword of 

State. 

Two Esquires. 

SWORD OF STATE, 

Carried by the Earl of Morton. 

Two Macers. 

Four Pages abreast, attendants on the Sceptre. 

Four Esquires abreast. 

THE SCEPTRE, 

Carried by the Hon. John M. Stuart.* 

Two Macers. 

Six Grooms, three abreast, attendants on the Crown. 

Two Esquires. 

THE CROWN, 

Carried by the Duke of Hamilton,")* his horse led by 

Two Equerries. 

A Royal Carriage, drawn by six Bays, containing the 

Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Conyngham, 

Lord F. Conyngham, and Sir H. Vivian. 

Scots Greys. ^ 

S HIS MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke § 



of Dorset and Lord Glenlyon, 



S3 - 

CD 



in his Carriage, drawn by six Horses. 2 

The Earl of Errol, as Lord High Constable 
of Scotland, dressed in his Robes of Office, 



* It was determined by his Majesty, that the right of carrying 
the sceptre was in the Earls of Sutherland ; and his Majesty was 
graciously pleased to permit Lord Francis Leveson Gower to act, 
on this occasion, as deputy for his mother, the Countess of Suther- 
land (Marchioness of Stafford). Accordingly his Lordship acted 
in that capacity until Wednesday, when, by his Majesty's per- 
mission, he sailed for Dunrobin Castle ; and it was only on the 
morning of Thursday that it was determined his place should be 
supplied by the Hon. John M. Stuart, second son of the Earl of 
Moray. 

t The right to carry the crown was claimed by Lord Douglas 
as well as by the Duke of Hamilton. His Majesty decided, that, on 
the present occasion, his Grace should carry it, without compro- 
mising any right which the noble Lord may have to the honour. 
The claims of both noblemen have been referred to a committee of 
the Privy Council. 



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and Earl's Coronet on his head, rode on the 

right of the Carrriage, by the express 

apppointment of his Majesty. 

Scots Greys. 

Constable's Guard of Highland Gentlemen, twelve 

abreast. 

Detachment of Scots Greys, six abreast. 

Division of Constable's Guard of Highlanders (Drum- 

monds and Sutherland^), twelve abreast. 

Squadron of Mid-Lothian Yeomanry, six abreast. 

The procession was most impressive ; it was splendid 
without being gaudy ; and while the variety of the dif- 
ferent costumes was admirably calculated for effect, the 
judicious intermixture of the clans, with their tartan ha- 
biliments, and of the troops, formed a happy relief to the 
official splendour which marked other parts of the pageant. 
The dresses which attracted the greatest attention by 
their brilliancy and richness were those of Sir Alexander 
Keith, Knight Marischal ; the Earl of Kinnoull, Lord 
Lyon King at Arms; and the Duke of Hamilton, who 
carried the crown. 

The Knight Marischal was mounted on a black Ara- 
bian horse, richly caparisoned. His dress was a white 
satin cloak, over a richly embroidered doublet of white 
and gold, with a white plume in his hat. On each side 
of him walked a Henchman, habited in rose-coloured 
satin, slashed with white ; their under-clothes white, with 
white silk stockings, and white roses in their shoes. 

The Lord Lyon was superbly mounted on an Arabian 
horse. He wore a long and superb mantle of crimson 
velvet, lined throughout with white silk ; a green velvet 
surcoat, edged with a broad band of gold ; white panta- 
loons, with a gold stripe ; on his head a crown of gold, 
with a cap of crimson velvet, and a border of ermine; 
and in his hand he held his batoon of office of green ena- 
mel, flowered with golden thistles ; he wore also his collar 
and badge. His splendid appearance attracted general 
attention. He was attended by two grooms, one on each 
side, who wore white surtouts, with red collar and cuffs, 
and red caps. 



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The Duke of Hamilton wore a black satin dress of the 
age of Charles I. slashed with white, and a rich lace van- 
dyked collar over his shoulders. He was mounted on a 
beautiful horse, and was attended on the right by Dr 
Mackintosh, as captain of the Celtic guard, and on the left 
by Robert Roy, Esq. as adjutant. Kis noble and grace- 
ful demeanour was much admired. 

The first Highland body in the procession was the 
Celtic gentlemen, the Knight Marischal's guard of ho- 
nour, commanded by General Graham Stirling and Colonel 
Stewart. The standard-bearers were, Lieut.-Col. Sir 
Charles M'Donald Lockhart and Captain Mackenzie. 
The different companies were commanded by Captains 
Graham of Airth, M'Dougal of M'Dougal, M'Leod of 
M'Leod, and Macdonald of StafFa. 

The second Highland body was the M'Gregors, com- 
manded by Sir Evan Murray M'Gregor. 

The third, the Sutherlands. 

The fourth, Glengarry's men, commanded by Lieut. - 
Colonel M'Donnell of Glengarry. 

The fifth, the Celtic regalia guard, commanded by Dr 
Mackintosh. 

The sixth, the Drummonds, under Lord Gwydir. 

The seventh, Breadalbane Highlanders, under Captain 
Campbell. 

His Mcjesty was dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform, 
and looked extremely well, and in excellent spirits. On 
the right hand of the King's carriage, besides the Lord 
High Constable, rode Sir Thomas Bradford, as com- 
mander of the forces. The Earl of Hopetoun, as Cap- 
tain-general of the Archers, was on one side of the Royal 
equipage, dressed in the uniform of the company, wearing 
the decorations of the grand cross of the Bath ; and the 
Marquis of Lothian, Lieutenant-general, and the Earl 
of Elgin, Ensign- general of the Archers, were on the 
other side, and wore the insignia of their orders. 

It would be vain to attempt a description of the feel- 
ings of the multitude as the regalia of Scotland passed be- 
fore their eyes, carried triumphantly by the ancient nobles 



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of the land, whose ancestors had often fought and bled 
for that independence of which they were the sacred and 
venerable symbols. Upon the crown, carried by the 
premier peer of Scotland, all eyes were concentrated ; 
and the hearts of all filled and throbbed with patriotic 
emotions, which were expressed in boisterous cheers, as 
they surveyed the same diadem that had invested the 
brows of the royal Bruce — of his warlike descendants — 
of the lovely and unfortunate Mary. The cheers that 
hailed the regalia were repeated with increased enthu- 
siasm, accompanied by the waving of handkerchiefs from 
every window and balcony, as his Majesty advanced, 
who acknowledged the salutations of his people in the 
most gracious manner. When the carriage of his Ma- 
jesty reached the Netherbow, six beautiful girls, dressed 
in white, with blue sashes across their shoulders, from 
which depended the St Andrew's cross, and their heads 
adorned with wreaths, proceeded before the royal car- 
riage, and strewed the way with flowers. 

From his situation in a close carriage, the King could 
have but an imperfect idea of the extent of the pre- 
parations made for beholding his sacred person. But 
the balconies, both public and private, must have come 
under the observation of his Majesty. Of the public 
bodies, incorporations, and trades, he had a distinct view, 
for they were nearest to his person ; — and their appear- 
ance and conduct, from the highest to the lowest, could 
not fail to make a most favourable impression. As his 
Majesty passed the Cross, the Lord Provost and Ma- 
gistrates, from the balcony on which they were sta- 
tioned, made their obeisances, to whom the King most 
graciously bowed. The ladies who graced the line of 
the procession were rapturous in the demonstrations 
of their regards, which were most condescendingly ac- 
knowledged by his Majesty. The boys of the High 
School, dressed in blue jackets and white trowsers, and 
wearing blue scarfs and medals ; and the boys of Heriot's 
Hospital, Watson's Hospital, &c. dressed in their uni- 
form, with medals suspended by blue ribbons, and nation- 
al favours upon their breasts, presented a most interesting 



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spectacle ;— and when his Majesty's known partiality for 
young persons is recollected, it may easily be imagined 
what pleasure he must have felt on beholding so many 
rosy-cheeked smiling beings in the happiest moments of 
their existence. 

Between the rows of scaffolding erected on the Castle- 
hill, his Majesty was received by a guard of the 66th 
regiment of foot. The leading squadron of Mid Lothian 
yoemanry, followed by the first division of the MarischaTs 
guard of Highlanders, and a detachment of Scots Greys, 
turned to the left, and proceeded by the back of the scaf- 
folding on the south side of the Castle-hill, until the head 
of the column reached the eastern extremity of the scaf- 
folding, when it halted and fronted. 

March mont Herald, on reaching the Castle-gate, an- 
nounced to the Governor of the Castle the approach of 
his Majesty. He, with the trumpeters who preceded 
him, followed by the whole of the rest of the procession in 
front of the King's carriages, then turned to the right, and 
proceeded behind the scaffolding on the north side of the 
Castle-hill, until the front of the column reached the 
eastern extremity of the scaffolding, when it halted, the 
whole forming up close, so as not to impede the approach 
of the King's carriage to the Castle-gate. 

When the King arrived at the barrier-gate, he alighted 
from his carriage on a raised platform, covered with crimson 
cloth, where the Lord High Constable and Lord Cathcart 
were stationed to receive him. The keys of the Castle were 
then tendered to his Majesty, by Lieutenant-General Sir 
Alexander Hope, the Lieutenant-Governor, accompanied 
by Major-General Sir Thomas Bradford, Commander of 
the Forces, besides a numerous body of officers belonging 
to the garrison. His Majesty having returned the keys, 
walked with a firm step along the drawbridge, till com- 
ing to the inner-gate, he stepped into another carriage, 
which stood waiting, the grenadier company of the 66th 
regiment forming his guard of honour. The carriage was 
surrounded by the principal nobility and gentry, the Lord 
High Constable walking alone by the King's right hand. 
The procession moved slowly through the winding pass- 
ages of the Castle, till it came to the half-moon battery, 



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where were erected two platforms, raised one upon the 
other, with a stair leading up to them. The under plat- 
form and stair were covered with grey cloth ; the hand- 
rail of the stair and upper platform with scarlet cloth. 
The King ascended the upper platform, and presented 
himself to the view of his admiring subjects. At this mo- 
ment a royal salute was fired from the guns on the ram- 
parts, the bands played " God save the King,' 1 and the 
soldiers on the different batteries presented arms. The 
King remained on this elevated situation a considerable 
time, cheered by the amazing multitude who occupied the 
Castle-hill. One of his attendants expressed an appre- 
hension, that the King would get wet. " O, never mind," 
replied his Majesty, with great animation, " I must cheer 
the people ;" and taking off his hat, he waved it repeat- 
edly, and gave three cheers, which were heard at some 
distance. The people, whose enthusiasm was now wound 
up to the highest pitch, again made the air resound with 
their loudest acclamations. The thick fog that brooded 
over the landscape deprived his Majesty of the full enjoy- 
ment of a prospect unequalled, perhaps, in variety and 
magnificence. But the same circumstance cast an air of 
sublimity over the wide expanse ; and the broken outlines 
of crags, and cliffs, and stupendous buildings, peered out 
from amidst the incumbent gloom with a wild and most 
romantic effect. The King surveyed this singular pros- 
pect with the most marked interest ; and, turning to his at- 
tendants, exclaimed, " This is wonderful! — what a sight!" 
He again turned round, and continued attentively to sur- 
vey the surrounding scenery. 

On descending from the platform, the King proceeded 
to the Governor's house, which was elegantly fitted up for 
his reception. The windows were hung with draperies 
of scarlet cloth, handsomely finished with rich gold colour- 
ed fringes, and the floors covered with Brussels carpeting 
and crimson cloth. Here an elegant collation, provided 
by the Governor, awaited his Majesty. He drank one 
glass of wine, expressing his acknowledgment for Sir Ro- 
bert Abercromby's attention, and regretted that he was 
absent through indisposition. 

His Majesty having regained his carriage at the bar- 



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rier-gate, the procession returned to the Palace by the 
Earthen Mound, Prince's Street, the Regent's Bridge, and 
New Road, along the whole of which an astonishing 
multitude patiently waited his approach, and whose loyal 
greetings met him at every step.* 

His Majesty arrived at the Palace exactly at four o'clock. 
The Celtic guard of the Duke of Hamilton, as bearer of 
the Crown, entered the Palace gate, on the return of the 
procession, before his Grace, and formed on each side of 



* An occurrence took place, as the procession reached the Cal ton- 
hill, which affords a striking exemplification of the public curiosi- 
ty : A decent manufacturer from Bannockburn, who, in the course 
of a long lifetime, had never before been in the metropolis, arrived 
in Edinburgh to obtain a view of his Sovereign. He accordingly 
provided himself with lodgings in the court end of the town, up 
four flights of stairs, in a house at the foot of the Canongate, the 
commanding view from which, and its vicinity to the Palace, he sa- 
gaciously imagined would effectually secure his object. To his great 
grief, however, the glories of the Canongate had no attraction for 
his Majesty, whose excursions westward had been limited to the 
Palace, until the day of the procession to the Castle. On that day 
the worthy man discovered, for the first time, that his situation was 
too commanding-; the royal carriage, which he overlooked, from be- 
ing close at top, effectually concealed the King from his view ; and 
though he had ample scope for the workings of his imagination, 
there was not that fruition of happiness which he had anticipated 
from his journey. Maddened with rage and disappointment, he 
made a sudden descent from his once much-prized but now hated 
elevation, and rushed forward to the Mound, where he securely sta- 
tioned himself. Here he was seized by new fears and perplexities ; 
and, making another furious bound along Prince's Street, he reached 
the Calton-hill. It was in vain that the guards opposed his passage 
through the line which they had formed. He told them, he had come 
all the way from Bannockburn, to the great injury of his purse, to 
see the king, whom he had never yet seen ; that he was determined 
to see him ; and he appealed to their humanity for the indulgence of 
his laudable curiosity. He was accordingly admitted within the lines, 
where he stood a solitary and most conspicuous object, his legs ex- 
tended, and his whole features convulsed by contending feelings. 
As the royal carriage approached, the dismay and vexation which 
were visible in his countenance were gradually giving way to delight 
and amazement; but, before the metamorphosis was completed, 
he was alongside of his Majesty, upon whom he stared most broadly 
and unmeaningly, and who, in return, smiled at his spectral ap- 
pearance. 



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the door leading up to the presence-chamber, where it sa- 
luted his Majesty as he entered, who received it in the 
most gracious manner, bowing to the officer, and looking 
steadfastly at each of the gentlemen. The Duke of Ha- 
milton soon appeared, and the guard accompanied him to 
the door of his apartments, when he turned round and 
expressed, in the most polite terms, the high sense he en- 
tertained of the attention which had been shewn to him. 
The guard then received the Knight Marischal and his 
esquires, bearing the regalia, and returned with them to 
the place from whence they had been taken in the morn- 
ing, and where sentinels were placed. The usual guard was 
left in the palace. The guard of honour, after escorting 
the Knight Marischal to his carriage, was dismissed. 

His Majesty had actually got wet, as had been appre- 
hended, when standing upon the platform in the Castle ; 
but, regardless of the circumstance, he proceeded in a few 
minutes to Dalkeith-house in the same suit that he had 
worn in the procession. On coming down the staircase 
of the Palace of Holy rood, an accident befell his Majesty, 
which might have had serious consequences. Imagining 
himself to be at the bottom of the staircase, when he was 
some steps from it, the King made a false step and 
stumbled. Sir Helgrove Turner, whose eyes were upon 
the alert, interposed his person, and in an instant his Ma- 
jesty's hands rested upon the Baronet's shoulders. The 
King acknowledged the service that had been done him, 
by saying, " Sir Helgrove, you have saved me."" This oc- 
currence, which in another age would have exercised the 
skill of all the soothsayers in the kingdom, caused no 
small alarm among his attendants, but did not for a mo- 
ment disconcert his Majesty. 

In passing through St Anne's Gardens, one of the 
King's attendants pointed out to him the Calton-hill, the 
crowd assembled on which was breaking up, and scamper- 
ing in wild confusion down its sides to escape a heavy 
shower. The King was heard, by those upon the road, 
to laugh outright at the hurly-burly scene, — the first vio- 
lation, perhaps, that he had observed of the self-posses- 
sion and gravity of his Scottish subjects. 

The Dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, and Argyll, and 



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the Earl of Roden, had this day the honour of dining 
with his Majesty. 

The same day a public meeting was held in the Water- 
loo Hotel, at which the Earl of Wemyss presided, when 
the resolutions agreed to on the preceding day, by the 
Institution for the encouragement of the Fine Arts in 
Scotland, were taken into consideration. Upon the mo- 
tion of Lord Meadowbank the meeting came to the fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

1st, That the meeting approve of the above resolutions of 
the Society for the encouragement of the Fine Arts in Scot- 
land. 

2d, That a committee be appointed, with full powers to 
form all arrangements which might be necessary for carrying 
the said resolutions into effect ; and also with powers to as- 
sume such subscribers as assistants, for promoting the object 
in view, as they may think fit. 

It was proposed and unanimously agreed to, that the fol- 
lowing noblemen and gentlemen should be requested to act 
as a committee of management, and that Lord Meadowbank 
should be convener ; two and the convener to be a quorum : 

Duke of Hamilton* Lord Abercromby 

Argyll The Lord Register 

Atholl Lord Meadowbank 

Montrose The Lord Provost 

Marquis of Lothian Sir Walter Scott 

Earl of Lauderdale John Hay, Esq. of Smithfield 

Elgin John Clerk, Esq. Advocate 

Wemyss Gilbert Laing Meason, Esq. 

Aberdeen Henry Jardine, Esq. 

Rosebery Alexander Wood, Esq. 

Hopetoun Sir W. Forbes, Bart, to be Treasurer 

Fife James Skene, Esq. to be Secretary 

Lord Belhaven Francis Cameron to be Assistant Sec 
Melville 

The subscription to the proposed equestrian statue 
was instantly commenced, and proceeded with unexampled 
rapidity.-f- 

This day his Majesty conferred the honour of knight- 
hood upon Lieutentant- Colonel T. Pate Hankin of the 
Scots Greys. 

* His Grace has signified his extreme regret, that the circum- 
stance of his going abroad compels him to decline the nomination. 

t The expense of erecting the equestrian statue, it is estimated, 
will amount to from six to eight thousand pounds. 



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CHAP. X. 

If, as was complained by some, the Highland part of the 
Scottish population was pressed too much upon his Ma- 
jesty's notice, the fault was amply redeemed by a grand 
cavalry review, which took place on Portobello sands, 
upon Friday, the 23d of August, of the whole volunteer 
cavalry and yeomanry of the principal lowland districts. 
We may venture to say, that a finer body of men, better 
equipped and mounted, or, under the same disadvan- 
tages, better disciplined, never before passed under the 
review of his Majesty. The weather was exceedingly fa- 
vourable ; and immense crowds of elegant and well-dress- 
ed people lined the road-sides for a long way before en- 
tering the sands, and occupied every vacant spot without 
the line of the cavalry guard. A squadron of the 7th 
dragoon guards kept the ground clear. The other 
troops of the line present were — the royal artillery, 
the 3d dragoon guards, and Scots Greys. The volun- 
teer troops were — the Glasgow troop of volunteer 
cavalry ; the Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire yeomanry 
cavalry ; the Fifeshire troop of lancers ; the Fifeshire, 
Berwickshire, East Lothian, West Lothian, Roxburgh- 
shire, and Mid-Lothian yeomanry cavalry. About 
twelve o'clock, the whole corps, in number above 3000, 
were formed in a line, extending upwards of a mile 
in open order ; the regulars commanded by Colonel 
Holmes of the 3d dragoon guards, and the volunteer 
corps by Sir James Baird, Bart, of Saughtonhall, both 
officers of service and experience, and highly esteemed in 
the army, with Major-General Sir Thomas Bradford, 
and his staff, stationed in front, ready to receive his Ma- 
jesty. 

The Celtic Society, and the several parties of High- 
landers that had come forward on the occasion of the King's 
visit, were present, in consequence of the special com- 
mands of his Majesty, notified through General Graham 
Stirling and Colonel Stewart of Garth. The High- 
landers had previously assembled in Queen Street, and 



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formed into one battalion; the Celtic Society on the 
right, under the command of Colonel Stewart. The clans, 
before the command of the battalion was assumed by the 
Duke of Argyll, who had been nominated by univer- 
sal consent to that honourable post, cast lots for deter- 
mining the order of precedence, and took their stations 
accordingly ; first, the Sutherland s, commanded by the 
chief of the Gunns, in the absence of Lord Francis Leveson 
Gower; the Macgregors, under young Macgregor, a 
youth of thirteen, (in the temporary absence of his 
father, Sir Evan Macgregor, caused by indisposition), 
who, at the head of his clan, saluted his Majesty with 
great spirit, as he rode along the line ;* the JBreadalbane 
Campbells, under Lord Glenorchy ; and the Drummonds, 
under Lord Gwydir. The whole battalion proceeded, 
in the above order, under the command of the Duke of 
Argyll, to Portobello sands, where the Macdonnells joined 
the rest of the clans. Each clan had its own standard, 
badge, and piper. When they arrived on the ground, 
they were drawn up at a right angle, on the right of 
the cavalry and artillery, with their left in front, time 
not being allowed for them to countermarch before the 
King's arrival. The Duke of Argyll was in the centre.-f- 



* Sir Evan himself arrived on the ground, on horseback, in time 
to march past his Majesty, carrying the broadsword which his 
grandfather used at the battle of Prestonpans, fought at no great 
distance from the scene of the review. On that occasion, Sir Evan's 
uncle, Glencarnaig, led the clan Gregor, and had an opportunity of 
rendering a signal service, in reward of which the chevalier em- 
braced him on the field, and ordered the Macgregors to form a 
guard of honour for the day. 

t " The ' invasion of the Celts/ (as some term it) upon the pre- 
sent happy occasion, having made no small noise among us, we 
have been at some pains to analyze the materials of the plaided and 
plumed array which occupied our streets and highest places; and we 
submit the following detailed account of the various members of 
this Tartan Confederacy, with confidence that it is correct. 

I. There are the JBreadalbane men, about fifty armed with swords, 
under the Earl of Breadalbane : their march, " the Campbells are 
coming ;" their dress is dark green ; badge, a yellow plume in the 
bonnet, and a crest on the right arm. 

II. The Celtic Society, under the Duke of Argyll, with General 
Graham Stirling, Colonel David Stewart, Macieod of Macleod, 



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The approach of his Majesty was announced by hoisting 
the royal standard upon the quay at Portobello. About 



Macdougal of Lorn, &c. as captains. A body of about eighty or a 
hundred Highlanders and amateurs, associated for encouraging and 
reviving the national dress and customs of the mountains, and num- 
bering many men of rank and consequence. In general, they are 
fully and even superbly dressed and arrayed in the belted plaid, 
each in his own clan tartan, which distinction gives a rich and half 
barbaric effect to their appearance. Their grenadiers carry parti- 
zans and targets, and are headed by Captain Mackenzie of Guinard, 
whose stately, and at the same time handsome and active figure, 
realizes the idea of a complete Highland soldier. Here and there a 
white knee betrays the Southron or Lowlander — in most the limb 
is as dark as that of Gldiine-dku (Black Knee) himself. 

III. Strathfillan Society ; associated like the former for the pur- 
pose of pursuing Highland sports and games, also as a benefit so- 
ciety. They wear various tartans, as the Celtic Society, and are in 
general well busked and armed. Leaders — Stewart of Ardvoirlich 
and Grahame of Airth. 

IV. Clan Gregor, under their chief, Sir Evan Macgregor, whom 
we rejoice to see completely recovered of the wounds he had sus- 
tained in India. The tartan of his clansmen is red, with a branch 
of fir in the bonnet. They are (gentlemen and kernes) about fifty 
in number ; and we saw with particular interest this clan, whose 
sufferings and proscriptions are so well known, come forth so gal- 
lantly to attend the crown of Scotland, " Which still they love 
because their fathers wore." 

V. Glengarry has a small, but select following ; twelve gentlemen 
of his house, amongst whom we noticed the gallant Colonel Mac- 
donnell, brother of the Chief, and famous for his achievements at the 
defence of Hougomont, where, assisted only by a serjeant of the 
guards, he slew or drove back six French grenadiers, who had forc- 
ed their way into the court-yard. Also we saw Barrisdale, Scot- 
house, Major Macdonnell, and other cadets of this ancient line. 
Each had a gillie in attendance — tall, raw-boned, swarthy fellows, 
who, besides the sword and target, carried guns of portentous length. 
We believe they are chiefly the foresters of the chieftain ; and, in- 
deed, they look as if they had done nothing all their lives but lived 
by hunting, and slept in the woods. 

VI. The Marchioness of Stafford has sent up fifty men from 
Dunrobin. They came to attend on her ladyship's second son, 
Lord Francis Leveson Gower, who was tohave carried the sceptre 
by royal permission, as representing his mother. They wear the 
plaid, scarf-fashion, and the trews ; which, though perhaps as an- 
cient a garb, has not quite such a military effect as the belted plaid. 
The Sutherland men have swords, without any other weapon. It 
has been disputed, whether this great lady's following has been di- 



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twenty minutes past one o'clock, his Majesty arrived on 
the field in a close carriage, drawn by four horses, ac- 

minished by the late improvements on her Highland estate. The 
following accurate statement will enable the reader to judge. Up- 
on the first intimation, that fifty men were wanted, two hundred 
volunteered within six hours ; and, in the course of the next day, 
a thousand came down to the castle, all eager for the expedition. 

VII. Lady Gwydir has produced a very gallant band of Drum- 
monds, about thirty we think ; for equipments, in the hurry, could 
be found for no more, though many were assembled. They wear 
sword and targe, have a holly bough in their cap, the ancient badge 
of their tribe ; and are as smart mountaineers as the eye would wish 
to look on. 

The Dukes of Atholl and Gordon, Macleod, Lord Fife, Mrs 
Farquharson of Invercauld, and other high chiefs, offered, we un- 
derstand, to contribute to this martial attendance ; and it would 
have been, no doubt, an easy thing to have rendered it twenty-fold 
more numerous. This was, however, declined for various reasons ; 
and, in particular, because the two or three hundred men already 
assembled formed a sufficient specimen of the readiness of High- 
landers, their martial appearance, and their attachment to their chiefs. 

Sir Walter Scott, by universal consent, acted as adjutant-ge- 
neral to these gallant mountaineers." — Edinburgh Weekly Journal. 

We may observe, in addition to the above account of the assembled 
clans, that their quiet and orderly conduct, when not upon duty, ex- 
ceeded, if possible, their gallant appearance on public occasions. 
Their amusements, like all their habits, were perfectly primitive. 
The Breadalbanes daily engaged in dancing reels to the music of 
the bagpipe, at the back of the Palace (their place of muster), un- 
der the auspices of a very portly personage — no unfit representative 
of Captain Knockdunder — who seemed to serve the clan in the 
double capacity of master of the ceremonies and commanding officer; 
and astonished the Sasenach by the gracefulness as well as the 
agility of their movements. 



Mr Macdonald of Clanronald, M. P. intended to lead his nu- 
merous clan as a separate body, the divisions of it to be com- 
manded by Boisdale, StafFa, Sir Charles Macdonald, and other gen- 
tlemen of this respectable clan ; but the unexpected death of the 
Marquis of Londonderry rendered it impossible for his nephew, 
Clanronald, to appear in public at this period. We have the best 
authority for stating, that his Majesty's partiality to the tartan was 
not formed in Edinburgh. For several years past Clanronald has 
been in use to appear at court in the Highland garb, and his Ma- 
jesty uniformly expressed his decided approbation of the dress, and 
of the chief who wore it. On one of these occasions, when Clan- 
ronald appeared in the full costume befitting the chief of the Mac- 



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eompanied by the Duke of Dorset, Lord Graves, Lord! 
F. Conyngham, and Sir A. Barnard, and preceded by 
another carriage and four, containing more of his suit. 
The arrival of his Majesty was hailed by the loud accla- 
mations of the assembled multitude ; and a royal salute 
was immediately fired from a battery established on the 
pier, the colours lowered to the ground, and the pipers 
playing the Prince's Welcome. 

Upon alighting from his carriage, the King was re- 
ceived by the Marquis of Lothian, Lord Lieutenant of 
the county, on foot, who afterwards attended his Majesty 
on horseback, during his stay on the ground. 

The King, as soon as he alighted, mounted the fine 
light-grey horse, purchased from Cornet Edlman ; and, 
being joined by Sir Thomas Bradford and his staff, pro- 
ceeded from the right along the front of the line, guarded 
by a detachment of the Greys, and returned from the left, 
between the front and rear ranks, in open order. His Ma- 
jesty took particular notice of the men, and lifted his hat 
and bowed to every officer as he passed him. The King 
then took his station in front of the centre of the line, in 
riding to which he necessarily approached near the crowd 
of spectators, who testified their satisfaction by loud 
cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. To 
these testimonies of affection and loyalty the King re- 
peatedly replied by bowing and waving his hand. The 
cavalry now closed their ranks ; and having formed in 
open columns of half squadrons, the right in front, and 
Sir Thomas Bradford and his staff being stationed in 
front, the whole passed his Majesty, in ordinary time, 
in the following order, bands playing, the officers saluting 
and lowering their flags : — 



donalds, and the representative of the lords and kings of the Isles, 
(and was introduced as such) his Majesty received him most gra- 
ciously, and presented to him a magnificent broad-sword, which 
the city of Glasgow gave to Prince Charles. — His Majesty's words 
to Clanronald on that occasion were : " I will always be happy to 
see you in that dress. This sword belonged to the unfortunate Che- 
valier, and I now give it to you, as the person best entitled to 
wear it." 



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Band of the 3d Dragoon Guards 

Major General Bradford and Staff 

Two guns, Royal Horse Artillery 

Third Dragoon Guards 

Glasgow troop of Volunteer Cavalry 

Peebles-shire Yeomanry 

Selkirkshire Yeomanry 

Band of Scots Greys 

Fifeshire troop of Lancers 

Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry 

Berwickshire ditto 

East Lothian ditto 

West Lothian ditto 

Roxburghshire ditto 

Mid-Lothian ditto 

Royal Scots Greys, commanded by their Colonel, 

General Sir James Steuart Denham of Coltness, 

Bart. 

After passing his Majesty, in excellent style, each 
column rode off at quick time ; after which the whole 
again took up their original ground and formed into 
line. The troops then closed their ranks, and advanced 
in line to within fifty yards of his Majesty, then halted, 
and gave a general salute, the bands playing " God save 
the King." 

Sir Thomas Bradford rode up to his Majesty, who was 
pleased to express his highest satisfaction with the general 
appearance, discipline, and steadiness of the various corps. 
His Majesty was heard to say to some of his attendants, 
that he never before thought he had such efficient yeo- 
manry in his dominions ; — he had always placed much 
confidence in the yeomanry corps, but that confidence was 
now much increased. 

The King shortly afterwards dismounted, and stood 
for some minutes surveying the immense number of 
spectators on the heights, whose repeated cheerings he 
again politely acknowledged in the most gracious manner. 

The King was observed to mount and dismount from 
his horse with great ease, agility, and neatness, and show 
ed himself to be an excellent horseman. 






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As the King was proceeding from the left between the 
ranks of the cavalry, an extraordinary circumstance 
took place. An order was given to the cavalry picquet 
which kept the ground clear around the Highlanders, to 
remove ; and in a moment, carriages, carts, and other 
vehicles, together with a vast concourse of people, rushed 
in front, and completely shut out his Grace the Duke of 
Argyll and his men from the review. Lords Gwydir 
and Glenorchy, and the officers of the Celts, made a strong 
representation to the Duke of Argyll on the subject, who 
despatched Dr Mackintosh to represent the circumstance 
to any of the Scottish nobility he could reach in the royal 
cavalcade, with the Duke's compliments. — He saw Lord 
Lowther. His Lordship, accompanied by Dr Mackin- 
tosh, mentioned the case to Lord Fife, who instantly 
rode up to the King, to whom, we understand, he made 
an application. His Majesty expressed his anxious de- 
sire to see them march past in review order. After the 
review of the cavalry, the Commander of the Forces was 
called, and orders were given to that effect, by his Ma- 
jesty himself. The Duke of Argyll then countermarched 
the whole line, and formed them into open column, and 
the whole had the satisfaction to march past their 
Sovereign, who by that time had returned to his carriage. 
His Majesty afterwards called Lord Fife, told his Lord- 
ship that he had experienced the greatest gratification at 
seeing so many brave Highlanders, and expressed his ad- 
miration of their steady and soldier-like appearance. 

His Majesty returned in his open carriage, with the 
same attendants who accompanied him, to Dalkeith- 
house, where he arrived at ten minutes before four o'clock, 
and afterwards dined alone. On his return, the King pass- 
ed some warm encomiums upon the appearance of the 
troops ; and was heard to say to the Duke of Dorset, 
that he never was at a review with which he was more 
delighted. 

The various corps immediately left the ground for 
their respective parades, and the spectators gradually 
dispersed. The public had the satisfaction of seeing the 
Duke of Argyll marching on foot, at the head of the 
column of Highlanders, in the full Highland garb, at- 



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tended by the Earl of Fife on horseback, Colonel Stewart 
of Garth, and Lieutenant-General Graham Stirling. An 
immense multitude of well-dressed people crowded along 
the road, who constantly cheered his Grace from Porto- 
bello to his house in George Street, where the whole body 
formed into line, opposite to the door, and saluted him, 
accompanied by three hearty cheers from the assembled 
multitude. The Earl of Fife was also frequently cheered, 
which he returned with great heartiness and good-will, 
turning his bonnet in the air. Each party then retired to 
their private parades, and were dismissed. 

Thus concluded the grandest military spectacle ever 
witnessed in Scotland, in modern times, and, beyond 
comparison, the most interesting. From beginning to end, 
it was one continued scene of brilliancy and animation. It 
is supposed there could not be fewer than 50,000 specta- 
tors present, among whom were a number of ladies in 
their gayest dresses ; and the ground, besides, was cover- 
ed with numerous equipages, amounting to at least 1000, 
many of them of the most splendid description, altogether 
forming a combination of objects the most graceful and 
magnificent. 

Besides the noblemen and gentlemen comprising his 
Majesty's suit, were present, the Dukes of Hamilton, 
Montrose, Atholl, and Argyll ; Marquis of Lothian ; 
Earls of Wemyss, Hopetoun, Mansfield, Rosslyn, Kin- 
noull ; Lords Arbuthnot, Belhaven, Blantyre, Douglas, 
Lynedoch, Ravensworth, G. Beresford, Archibald Hamil- 
ton, Robert Kerr, Binning; Alderman Sir William Curtis, 
besides many other gentlemen of rank and distinction. 

In the evening the village of Portobello was brilliantly 
illuminated, on which occasion a great variety of devices 
and transparencies were displayed. 

It is due to the loyalty of the Magistrates of Mussel- 
burgh to mention, that having heard, late on Thursday 
evening, that his Majesty intended passing through Mus- 
selburgh, in his ride to the grand cavalry review, they, 
early on Friday morning, employed a number of work- 
men to erect a triumphal arch across one of the streets 
through which it was thought he would pass, which, 
when completed, had a very magnificent effect. The Ma- 



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gistrates, with white rods in their hands, about mid-day, 
drew up in a body close to the arch ; and on each side of 
the street, the corporations, with their various flags, were 
disposed. Many thousand spectators were assembled. 
In this state they remained, till the firing of ordnance 
from Portobello sands announced that his Majesty had 
taken a different route, when they quietly separated. 

The following General Orders were issued after the re- 
view : 

Adjutant-General's Office, 
Edinburgh, August 28, 1822. 

Major- General Sir Thomas Bradford has been honoured 
with the King's most gracious commands, to convey to the 
Yeomanry Corps assembled this morning, his Majesty's entire 
approbation of their very soldier-like appearance, excellent 
state of equipment, and correctness of movement in the field. 
His Majesty fully appreciates the loyal feelings which have 
actuated the Yeomanry of Scotland, in wishing to assemble 
upon this occasion ; and the Major-General has it in com- 
mand to express the satisfaction his Majesty would have had 
in complying more generally with their wishes, had it not 
been from the conviction that, at so important a season of the 
year as the present, it must have caused very serious incon- 
venience to the members of the more distant corps, had his 
Majesty consented to their withdrawing themselves from 
their agricultural occupations. 

(Signed) RoBt. Kerr, 

Assist. Adjt.-General, N. B. 

Adjutant-General's Office, 
Edinburgh, August 24, 1822. 
Major- General Sir Thomas Bradford has great pleasure in 
expressing to the Royal Artillery, 3d Dragoon Guards, and 
2d (or R. N. B.) Dragoons, his Majesty's entire satisfaction 
with their appearance on the field yesterday. 
By the Major-General's command. 

(Signed) Robert Kerr, A. A. G. 

Before leaving a subject which is altogether military, it 
is but justice to observe, that the conduct observed by the 
whole troops stationed in Edinburgh and its vicinity, on 
the occasion of the King's visit, so far as the public gene- 
rally were concerned, was in the highest degree praise- 



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worthy and exemplary. It was not merely temperate, 
but uniformly respectful, and even courteous. It was im- 
possible not to remark the patient endeavours, on public 
occasions, made by every soldier upon duty, from the 
commanding officer to the humble private, to accommo- 
date, so far as was possible, individuals, of whatever rank 
or description. This behaviour made a suitable impres- 
sion upon the people, who frequently testified their satis- 
faction by cheering those brave men, but more particularly 
the Scots Greys, who, from a very natural feeling of parti- 
ality, ranked the highest in the scale of popular favour. 

The duty of the different troops, while the King re- 
sided in Scotland, was more than usually arduous and fa- 
tiguing. To give the public a more perfect idea of it, we 
have annexed a detail of one day^ duties performed by 
the troops stationed at Dalkeith, which were precisely si- 
milar to those of every other day, and altogether exclu- 
sive of the duties performed by the troops stationed in 
Edinburgh and other places, and who escorted his Ma- 
jesty in his excursions : 

Detail of Duties performed by the Troops stationed at 
Dalkeith, %Zd August 1822. 

Field Officer for the Day, — Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lord A. Hill. 



Guards and 
Picquet 


Officers* Names. 


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Captain Clarke j 
Ensign England > 
Ensign Ramsden j 
Ens. Champain 

Capt. Wyndham "j 
Lieut. Llyod > 
Cort. Wyndham j 


77th Regiment 

ditto 
ditto 
ditto 

2d Dragoons 


1 

1 

2 


2 
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Total 



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CHAP. XI. 

There was no circumstance connected with the royal 
visit more gratifying to the people of Scotland than the 
noble spirit of patriotism and loyalty which was evinced 
on that occasion by their ancient nobility. For a long 
period, no previous occasion had occurred to evoke a gene- 
ral display of this spirit on the part of the peerage ; and, 
consequently, the public were in some measure ignorant, 
and perhaps distrustful, of the extent of their affection for 
their native country, which, it was possible, might have 
been greatly impaired, if not altogether estranged, by the 
foreign connexions which many of our noble families have 
formed since the period of the Union. It was now discover- 
ed with much satisfaction, that the flame of patriotism glow- 
ed with equal ardour in the breast of the peer and of the 
peasant. From the jealousy which was discovered by the 
Scottish nobility, of their ancient hereditary honours, it 
was seen that they not only loved, but were proud of their 
country ; and that, in those qualities which ought to dis- 
tinguish an aristocracy, they had not degenerated from the 
public virtue of their martial ancestors. Edinburgh had 
never before witnessed, not even, perhaps, previously to the 
Union, so great a concourse of noble families as were assem- 
bled within its walls on the present occasion. In fact, 
the whole peerage of Scotland were present, with the ex- 
ception of a very few, whose absence was sufficiently ac- 
counted for by minority, the infirmities of old age, or some 
equally insuperable reason ; and by the splendour of their 
establishments, and their magnificent appearance on all 
public occasions, they gave an undeniable proof of their 
anxiety to pay his Majesty every possible respect, and 
how deeply they had at heart the dignity of their order 
and the honour of the nation. 

As soon as the King's visit to this country was an- 
nounced, the Peers of Scotland determined to invite his 
Majesty to a grand ball; and immediately commenced the 
necessary arrangements on the most extensive and elegant 



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scale, after dividing themselves into committees to manage 
the various details. The managers of the Assembly- 
Rooms, in George Street, (who, with a view to the same 
event, had previously ordered the whole suit of rooms to 
be cleaned and newly painted, and directed Mr Trotter 
to furnish new curtains and draperies for them, in the 
handsomest style of blue with rich coloured fringe) gave 
up to the Peers, in the most liberal manner, the uncon- 
trolled use of the whole rooms. Mr Trotter was charged 
with the immediate execution of the whole arrangements ; 
and the success of that gentleman in overcoming the many 
difficulties presented by the shortness of time, was such 
as to excite the astonishment of those who witnessed the 
result of his unexampled exertions. 

In order to give a more clear idea of the splendid ar- 
rangements made by the Peers for the reception of his 
Majesty, it is necessary to give a short description of the 
principal apartments, and the manner in which they are 
distributed : 

The facade of this building presents a front of about 
one hundred feet in George Street ; and the access to 
the apartments is by an elegant flight of steps, on the 
east and west gables, appropriated respectively for the 
company arriving in sedan-chairs and carriages. The 
flight of steps leads to an elegant saloon, twenty-four feet 
square, supported by columns bearing an entablature of 
the Doric order. In the centre of the north side is the 
entrance to the ball-room ; and on the opposite side are 
the principal tea-room (commonly used as the dancing- 
room of the card assemblies), and two card-rooms, besides 
small apartments. 

The principal ball-room is of magnificent dimensions 
and fine proportions, being 92 feet long, 42 feet wide, 
and 40 feet high ; and its decorations, which are charac- 
terized rather by simplicity, lightness, and elegance, than 
richness, consist of handsome fluted pilasters, of the Co- 
rinthian order, resting on the floor and supporting the 
cornice of the room ; the centre of the south side is en- 
riched with Corinthian columns of smaller dimensions, 
forming the decorations of the entrance, and support- 
ing a balcony for the orchestra; the seven windows of 



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the north side, with their splendid draperies, give a fine 
variety to the features of the room ; and the elegance of 
the whole is summed up in the rich cut crystal lustres 
suspended from the ceiling. 

On the occasion of his Majesty's visit, the decorations 
were entirely new. The principal object in the great room 
was the throne placed at the east end. It was hung with 
rich crimson velvet drapery, surmounted with a canopy 
and dome, decorated with the unicorn and lion, and the 
crown and cushion on the top ; the throne was raised up- 
on a stage of two steps* covered with crimson cloth, and 
on each side of it stood a candelabrum, of an antique 
form, white and gold, decorated with a profusion of cut 
crystal ; a stage, a little raised from the floor, covered 
with crimson cloth, filled up the east end of the room, 
on each side of the throne, and extended throughout the 
whole length of the north side and west end ; on this stage 
were placed the ranges of sofas for the company, covered 
with blue, and finished with gold-coloured fringes, cor- 
responding with the draperies of the windows. On the 
west end were three candelabra, similar to those near 
the throne, and a number of arm-chairs, crimson and 
gold, corresponding with three of the same pattern, placed 
on each side of the throne. In the body of the room, 
near each end, were placed two fine sofas covered with 
crimson velvet, for the use of his Majesty. The floor 
was fancifully chalked, and, besides the crystal lustres 
suspended from the ceiling, the chimney-pieces and or- 
chestra were decorated with elegant clusters of light. 

The second ball-room, which on this occasion was ap- 
propriated to quadrilles, was decorated with draperies 
and sofas raised upon stages, on the same plan and with 
the same colours as the great room ; the floor was also 
chalked ; and the whole was likewise brilliantly illumin- 
ated. 

The card-room on the east end (being nearest the throne), 
was on this occasion fitted up as a supper-room for his 
Majesty, communicating by a private passage with the 
great room, and opening also to the second ball-room. 
The arrangements here were of the most perfect kind, 
and nothing was omitted that could contribute to elegance, 



218 

utility, or convenience. The floor was covered with 
crimson ; the window was fitted up with a rich drapery 
of royal tartan, upon fine scarlet cloth curtains, depend- 
ing from a gilt cornice, surmounted by a crown ; a splen- 
did chair for the king, chairs for the peers, and an ap- 
propriate sideboard, completed the furniture of this apart- 
ment. The table was covered with rich gold plate, and 
the walls were covered with pictures. 

Other rooms were fitted up for ices, and other refresh- 
ments ; and a small room at the bottom of the staircase 
of the west entrance, was set aside for the shawls, &c. of 
the ladies. 

But the object of by far the greatest novelty in the 
whole arrangement, was the great supper-room — a tem- 
porary wooden building erected in the court-yard behind, 
entering from the second ball-room, the windows of 
which (the sashes being taken out) formed the doors of 
the new room. One side of the room is formed by the ex- 
terior south wall of the building ; the rest of the room is 
of a polygonal figure, its dimensions 48 feet by 42 
feet. It was fitted up in the light airy style of a tent, 
supported by a number of slender pillars arranged in a 
semicircular direction, within about two feet of the wall ; 
the walls and ceiling were covered with rose-coloured 
and white muslin, in alternate stripes; the ceiling was ra- 
diated and enriched with rosettes of the same colour ; and 
in the centre hung a splendid crystal chandelier. The 
curtains of the tent on the south side were disposed so as 
to appear thrown open ; and the wall behind the pillars 
was painted with Scottish scenery, in the best style of Mr 
Roberts of the Theatre-Royal, producing a most enchant- 
ing effect. The tables were arranged in a semicircular di- 
rection round the polygonal side of the room, leaving a 
space of about % feet between them and the wall, for the 
servants, who were admitted by means of concealed stairs 
at each end leading down to the kitchens below. 

As the communication between all the principal public 
apartments was in a straight line, the spectators standing 
at the centre of the north side of the great ball-room, could 
see through the saloon, the second ball-room, into the sup- 
per-room, which, with its pillars and landscape back- 



219 

ground, terminated this magnificent vista ; and the va- 
riety produced by its long perspective, and the passing of 
the company in their different directions, in their various 
rich costumes, formed a coup oVoeil of the most interesting 
description. The eastern stair-case, which was appro- 
priated exclusively for the admission of his Majesty and 
suite, was hung with crimson cloth, and the lobby and 
steps were covered with the same. Opposite the door of 
entrance stood a splendid obelisk placed upon a pedestal, 
at the angles of the surbase of which were placed elegant 
bronze figures supporting lamps ; and the apex of the 
obelisk was surmounted by a magnificent six-lighted lamp 
of or moulu ; and other Grecian lamps were hung in va- 
rious parts. 

The saloon, to which the staircase directly led, was fit- 
ted up in a style of elegance and novelty ; the columns 
were entwined with wreaths of flowers ; and round its 
dome the arms of Scotland and appropriate banners were 
hung up. 

The company arriving in carriages were admitted by 
the usual entrance on the west ; and the chair-entrance on 
the east being set aside for his Majesty, a commodious 
temporary lobby was constructed on the north front, for 
the admission of company coming or going in chairs. 

The arrangements, whether in point of magnificence, 
comfort, or convenience, were of the most complete de- 
scription, and reflect great credit upon the taste of the 
Peers under whose directions they were executed. 

With the exception of the supper-room, the land- 
scape background of which was executed by Mr Ro- 
berts, under the direction of Mr Murray of the Theatre- 
Royal, the whole was designed and executed by Mr 
Trotter, who, by the liberal conduct of the Peers, was 
enabled to produce a tout ensemble, in this department, 
which, for effect, elegance, and grandeur, has never been 
equalled in this country. 

The following is a ground plan of the Assembly-rooms, 
as fitted up on this occasion, with the temporary supper- 
room, &c. 

2 



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PLAN OF THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS. 

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A East staircase, by which his Majesty entered and retired. 
B Obelisk at foot of staircase, ornamented with bronze figures, and 
moulu lamps. 



9£\ 

CC Entrances to the saloon. 

D Western staircase, similar to A, appropriated for the company. 

E Columns round the saloon, entwined with wreaths of flowers. The 

circle in the centre indicates the dome of the saloon. 
F Entrance to 

G The principal Ball-room, the pillars near the door support the Orchestra. 
H The Throne, raised two steps from the floor, O antique candelabrum 

on each side, three others of the same form at the other end of the 

room, directly opposite the Throne. 
I Windows of the Ball-room, hung with blue draperies and gold-coloured 

fringe 
K Stage, raised one step from the floor, extending along the sides of the room, 

covered with crimson cloth ; on it were placed the sofas for the company. 
L Two sofas covered with crimson velvet, placed at each end of the Room, 

for the use of the King, 
M Chimney-pieces. 
N The small projections from the wall mark the place of the pilasters ; — 

they are of the Corinthian order, richly fluted, have gilt capitals, and 

reach from the floor to the ceiling. 
O Door leading through the private passage, to 
P His Majesty's Supper-room, floor covered with 6carlet cloth. 
Q The supper table. 
R Large Venetian window, richly hung with royal tartan, scarlet cloth, 

and figured muslin. 
S Second Ball-room. 
T Stages on each side the entrance, covered with crimson cloth, with two 

sofas, blue and gold-coloured fringe. The pillars at the door, between 

the stages, support the Orchestra. 
U Windows on south front of the building ; the sashes being taken out, 

these formed the doors of the temporary Supper-room. The tables 

were arranged in a polygonal direction, within about two feet of the 

south wall, leaving a space as 
W A Passage for the Servants, the company being seated at the inner side 

of the table. There were also two tables X between the doors. The 

floor was covered with crimson cloth, and the walls (excepting where 

the landscape back-ground appeared) and ceiling were covered with 

pink and white muslin in alternate stripes. 
Y Stairs for the servants, leading to the Kitchen below, and connected 

with the passage between the supper-tables and the walls. 
The dots at the corner of the tables indicate the pillars. 
Z A Room for ices and refreshments. 

The company that came in chairs entered by a door in front, directly 
under the centre window of the great Ball-room ; and the temporary lobby 
passed diagonally to a door at 1, and communicating with the staircase D ; on 
the opposite side of that staircase, at 2, on the ground -floor, was the room 
set apart for the Ladies' shawls, &c. 3. A Portico of four Doric columns, 
surmounted by a pediment resting on a fine rustic basement. The columns 
and entablature were brilliantly illuminated on the evening of the Ball. 



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On the evening of the ball, the external front of the 
building in George Street was brilliantly illuminated. The 
four columns in the centre were entwined with spiral 
wreaths of coloured lamps ; and the cornice, pediment, 
and basement, were richly decorated in the same manner. 

His Majesty having graciously accepted the invitation 
given to him by the Peers, the ball took place on Friday 
evening, after the grand cavalry review. The company 
began to assemble so early as eight o'clock, from which 
hour carriages arrived in constant and rapid suc- 
cession. Sedan-chairs, too, were very numerous; and 
the chairmen found no small difficulty in piloting their 
way through the immense crowds who occupied the 
streets in front of the rooms, and forcing a passage 
through the double lines of carriages, which blocked up 
every avenue. The disposition of the people was ad- 
mirable ; but the sudden rush of carriages, the roaring 
of coachmen, and the impatient objurgations of the High- 
land chairmen, enforced by the furious driving of their 
poles, threatened more than once " to shake the demo- 
cracy from its propriety." It was curious to observe many 
sylph-like forms, decorated with every ornament that 
could enhance their charms, encompassed in their chairs 
by a dusky multitude of people ; and their fragile 
vehicles reeling to and fro amidst the agitations of the 
enormous mass, which acknowledged every new impulse, 
and heaved into waves that threatened to overwhelm 
whatever resisted their progress. The situation of those 
ladies, however, was merely whimsical; for the pressure was 
altogether involuntary on the part of the populace, who 
conducted themselves with the greatest possible civility, 
and even delicacy. By the exertions of a small party of 
dragoons and some police officers, a free approach was at 
length opened up for the company. 

At nine o'clock, the great room was completely filled 
by nearly all the rank, beauty, and fashion of Scotland. 
The ladies were in most elegant white dresses, richly be- 
spangled, and had on plumes of white ostrich feathers. 
The gentlemen were in every variety of elegant dress, 
the usual full court dress, of course, greatly predomi- 
nating. The Duke of Argyll was conspicuous in the 



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dark-green plaid of the clan Diarmid ; and other noble- 
men and gentlemen gayly disported themselves in the 
mountain garb. The scene was one of such extraordi- 
nary splendour as almost to entrance, at least to bewilder, 
the faculties in the contemplation of it. The surpassing 
beauty of the ladies — their plumage, in constant undula- 
tion, appearing to the eye like an ocean of foam ; — 
the glitter reflected from a profusion of jewels; — the 
throng of noble personages; — the room itself; — altoge- 
ther presented a scene which more than realized all pre- 
vious conceptions of grandeur and magnificence. 

The King arrived in a close carriage from Dalkeith 
House, which he left at nine, about a quarter before ten 
o'clock. His Majesty entered the city by the south road, 
escorted by the Scots Greys. Clerk Street, Nicolson 
Street, and the other streets through which he passed 
were guarded by patroles of the 7th dragoons. The 
whole way, from the suburbs to the Assembly Rooms, 
was lined by an immense multitude, who loudly cheered 
his Majesty as he passed them. 

The lobby was lined by the yeomen of the guard ; 
and, upon his Majesty's arrival, he was received by a 
committee of the Peers, and the Lords of the Bed-cham- 
ber, who were stationed upon the stairs. His Majesty, 
who was dressed in a field-marshal's uniform, ascended the 
staircase, preceded by the committee of Peers, and ac- 
companied by the Duke of Dorset, and others of his 
suite. Upon the King's entering the room, the band 
(Gow's), struck up " God save the King," and the 
company made their obeisances. 

His Majesty, as he entered, bowed on each side with bis 
wonted grace and affability. He declined taking his seat 
on the throne, but occupied a position about the middle of 
the room. The ball was immediately opened with great 
spirit by a reel, which was followed by a country-dance, 
both of which his Majesty seemed to witness with much 
pleasure. With the airs that were played the King was 
quite delighted. He frequently looked up to the band 
with a smile of satisfaction, and snapped his fingers. 
His Majesty mingled familiarly with the company who 
were nearest to him, and his recognition of different indivi- 

Q 



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duals was most cordial and friendly. He was observed, in 
particular, to seize hold successively of the Duke of Atholl 
and Lord Melville, and draw them away to a considerable 
distance. No part of the entertainment amused his Ma- 
jesty more than the reels, which he stood upwards of half 
an hour to observe. The agility and spirit displayed in 
these evolutions, as they were performed on this occasion, 
that is, in a style strictly national, must have been in a 
great measure new to his Majesty. A lady and a gentle- 
man in a Highland dress danced a strathspey with much 
taste, which the King so much admired, that he clapped 
his hands in token of approbation. 

His Majesty appeared highly gratified with the ar- 
rangements that had been made for him, and with the ap- 
pearance of the company, particularly of the ladies, whose 
naivete and genuine cordiality of manner were only tem- 
pered, but not suppressed, by their reverence for the royal 
presence. 

The King remained till a quarter past ten o'clock, when 
he returned to Dalkeith in his carriage, by the south road, 
under the same escort which attended him to the Assem- 
bly. Upon retiring, his Majesty was again hailed by 
the acclamations of the company, and, afterwards, of the 
multitude assembled on the streets. 

The ball, after his Majesty's departure, was continued 
with great animation, and prolonged until long after " the 
hour of night's black arch the key-stane." 

We cannot conclude our account of the entertainment 
better than by quoting the words of a periodical print 
on this subject : " Upon the whole, the ball was quite in 
unison with the other honours which Scotland has pre- 
pared for her King. It was rich, it was beautiful, it was 
orderly." 



END OF PART SECOND. 



HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. 



PART THIRD. 



CHAP. XII. 

On the forenoon of Saturday, the 24th of August, the 
Regalia of Scotland were carried from Holyrood Palace, 
and re-deposited in the Crown-room of the Castle. The 
procession moved in the following order : 

8^ Sir Evan Macgregor, mounted. 3 

2 Banner and Pipes. es 

& Major Hugh Macgregor, and <3> 

5 go«£ Division of the Clan Gregor. *-^ ^^ 

j}5 J (isjS Sir Alex. Keith, Knight Marischal, £ %g g 

« J 1 O (attended by his Esquires), fTf- ff£ 

_S S Ph In his Carriage, with the Regalia. Sjtf, ^ 

"c Major Donald Macgregor, and £ 
Division of the Clan Gregor. 



C5 



^ 



The procession was received at the barrier by a guard 
of honour of the 77th regiment; the Lieutenant-Governor, 
Colonel Bromhead of the 77th, commanding the garri- 
son ; Brigade-Major Lindsay, &c. Admittance to the 
garrison was demanded in the usual form ; which being 
granted, the procession moved on to the Crown-room, pre- 
ceded by the above officers, uncovered. The guard pre- 
sented arms, the band playing " God save the King." 
The crown was then carried by the Knight Marischal, 
the sceptre by the Honourable J. M. Steuart, and the 
sword by Captain Ferguson, Keeper of the Regalia. 

After seeing the Regalia deposited in the Castle, the 
Macgregors were permitted to return to their homes, 
highly gratified with the honourable duty which had been 
assigned to them, more particularly as this gallant, but long 
most unfortunate race of the clan Alpin consider them- 
selves to have been connected with the Regalia from times 
of the most remote antiquity. Their bearing is a sword 



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displayed, supporting an antique crown, and under it an 
old Gaelic verse, describing them as 

" Children of those native royal sires, 

Who at Dunstaffnage ancient spires 

From first the crown of Albyn bore, 

Which still they love, because their fathers wore !" 



On the same day, a splendid banquet was given to his 
Majesty, in the Parliament- house, by the Lord Provost, 
Magistrates, and Town Council of the city of Edinburgh. 
The great Hall, as we formerly observed, was fitted up 
for the occasion in a style of superior magnificence. The 
platform, upon which the King's table was raised, was 
covered with crimson cloth ; and beneath were six tables, 
in three distinct ranges, extending to the north end 
of the room. Between the three upper and three lower 
tables was an open space, from the great door of the 
Outer-house to the opposite door ; and between the dif- 
ferent tables, and between them and the walls, spaces 
were left open. These served for passages, and were 
covered with crimson cloth. The large Gothic windows 
on the west side were hung with curtains of crimson cloth, 
with yellow fringing, the modern elegance of which blend- 
ed most gracefully with the antique grandeur of the room. 
On the opposite side, crimson moreen draperies were taste- 
fully disposed around the door and the two Gothic 
niches, where the Outer-house Judges hold their sittings. 
At the south end, which has a fine large Gothic window, a 
curtain of crimson cloth, with yellow fringing, served as a 
drapery to the royal arms, which surmounted the chair and 
canopy of state, and covered the whole of the window. At 
the north end a similar drapery opened, and exhibited the 
arms of the city of Edinburgh, in front of which stood the 
colossal statue of Lord Melville, executed by Chantry. 
The two niches in which the Lords Ordinary sit were fitted 
up as balconies ; in the one, on the south side of the door, a 
vocal band was stationed ; and there also gentlemen con- 
nected with the press found accommodation provided for 
them : in the other, upon the north side, Gow's celebrated 
instrumental band was placed. A military band occupied 



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a position at the north end, immediately under the city 
arms. The room was lighted with three large and mag- 
nificent lustres, running along, with three smaller lustres 
on each side, all depending from the roof. Four beau- 
tifully gilded lustres were suspended behind the King's 
table, and one at each corner of the north end of the 
room. There was, besides, a profusion of lights upon 
the tables, beaming from candlesticks variously formed, of 
the most beautifully chased workmanship. Above the 
middle of the Hall, upon the table, there was one can- 
delabrum of exquisite workmanship, which alone cost 
L.2000. The quantity of plate displayed at the different 
tables was immense. 

His Majesty's table was peculiarly admired, from the 
combination of richness and elegance which it presented. 
There was observed upon it a surprising display of gold- 
plate, and massive silver-plate most richly chased. The 
wine-decanters, water-pitchers, and wine-coolers, were of 
the most elegant form, and their cutting of the newest 
and richest workmanship. The goblets, wine-glasses, &c. 
were of the form of a Scots thistle, and the cutting upon 
them exhibited the same favourite emblem.* 

About half-past four o'clock, the company began to as- 
semble in the Writers'* Library ; and at half-past five 
moved into the Hall, and took their seats, leaving some 
vacant for those Peers and others who waited the King's 
arrival in the Advocates' Library. The stewards who 
had been appointed to superintend the arrangements of 
the dinner, each distinguished by a white rod, were sta- 
tioned at the different tables. These were, the Magis- 
trates of Edinburgh, the four Old Bailies, the Dean of 
Guild, the Treasurer, the Merchant Councillors, the 
Convener, Sheriff Duff, Baron Clerk Rattray, Sir Wil- 
liam Forbes, Sir John Hope, Sir John Hay, Sir Michael 
Shaw Stewart, Sir James Ferguson, Sir John Marjori- 
banks, and Sir Robert Dundas, Barts. ; James Skene, 



* All these articles were obtained from Mr John Ranken's Flint- 
Glass Manufactory, Leith Walk. In the opinion of most compe- 
tent judges, their workmanship could not have been excelled by any 
manufacturer in the united kingdom. 



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Esq. of Rubislaw ; Gilbert Innes, Esq. of Stow ; William 
Trotter, Esq. of Ballindean ; John Cockburn, Thomas 
Kinnear, and Adam Ferguson, Esqrs. 

The spaces left open between the tables were occupied by 
a numerous body of attendants, all attired in blue coats and 
white under-dresses ; the waiters wearing an orange sash 
round their waists; those who supplied the wine, an orange 
ribbon round their arm ; and the butlers a favour of the 
same colour on their breasts. 

Seats were provided for 295 persons, which were all oc- 
cupied before his Majesty's arrival, and eight additional 
chairs were called for. The company included all the 
noblemen and many of the gentlemen of distinction then 
in Edinburgh ; the officers of state ; the judges of the 
different courts ; the law officers of the crown ; and a 
great number of naval and military officers. The noble- 
men and gentlemen wore full court dresses; the judges, 
magistrates, and other functionaries, were in their official 
robes ; the Highland chiefs in the costumes of their re- 
spective clans ; and the officers, naval and military, in full 
uniform, and wore their various orders and decorations. 

At a quarter past six, the arrival of the King was 
announced, when the Lord Provost and Magistrates, and 
part of the King's suite, proceeded to the carriage and 
received his Majesty, whom they accompanied to the 
Advocates' Library. 

About half-past six Bailie Henderson announced to the 
Lord Provost, who remained with his Majesty in the Li- 
brary, that dinner was servedup.* HisMajestyimmediately 

* The dinner was conducted by Mr George Steventon, of the 
Albyn Club, to whom the whole arrangements connected with it 
were intrusted. The style of the dinner, and the manner of serv- 
ing it up, were such as to reflect the highest credit upon Mr Ste- 
venton, of whose skill and excellent management the gentlemen of 
the committee and many of the nobility present have since expressed 
their highest admiration. 

The dinner was prepared in the sunk storey of th« Parliament- 
house, where two kitchens were fitted up; one for the King's 
table, the other for the rest of the tables. 

In order that an account of the banquet might not be too much 
encumbered with minute details, and to give the reader the most 
perfect idea of it, we have annexed, in addition to a plate contain- 
ing a view of the banquet, a plan of the tables, and the arrangement 



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entered the Hall, the band playing " God save the King," 
and the company standing to receive him. His Majesty, 



of the dishes for the first course, 
second course : — 


The following is a list of the 


Cailles Roties. 




Piece Montee. 


Gelee d' Ananas. 




Haricots Verts. 


Petits Pois, a la Francaise. 




Dindonneaux Rotis. 


Vol au Vent d'Abricots. 
Caramel. 


T3 


Un Aspic. 


Salade en Aspic. 

Dindonneaux Rotis. 

Creme au Marasquin. 

Beignets d' Artichaux a la Sauce. 


0) 
> 
O 

1 

O 

c 

W 


Gele'e d'Ananai. 

Pate Froid. 

Choux-fleurs a la Bechamelle. 


Patisserie. 
Homard en Aspic. 


o 


Tourte d'Abricots. 
Creme a ritalienne. 




Gelee de Vin. 


o> 

.s 

CO 

•s 


Cailles Roties. 


KING'S 
SEAT. 




Piece Monte'e. 


Chi 


irtreuse d'Abricots. 


Dindonneaux Rotis. 


Champignons Grille's. 


s 


Creme de Marasquin. 


Patisserie. 


© 
PS 


Tourte de Fruit. 


Salade en Aspic. 


0> 

(5 


Haricots Verts. 


Creme a l'ltalienne. 
Grouse Rotie. 


53 

o> 


Pate Froid. 
Gelee de Vin. 


Homard Garni. 
Vol au Vent de Fruit. 




Un Aspic. 


Petits Pois, a la Fran9aise. 




Grouse Rotie. 


Gelee de Noyau. 




Choux-fleurs a la Creme, 




Cailles Roties. 




Patisserie, 



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who was dressed in a field-marshal's uniform, was con- 
ducted to his chair of state ; and, as he advanced along 
the room, bowed most graciously to all around him, — 
stopping several times, and addressing a few words 
to some of the company. The Lord Provost sat on 
the right of his Majesty, and next to him the Duke 
of Hamilton, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of 
Tweeddale ; the Right Honourable William Dundas, 
Lord Clerk Register ; Sir William Rae, Lord Advo- 
cate ; the Duke of Dorset, Lord F. Conyngham, the 
Marquis of Winchester, and Lord Glenlyon : On the 
left of his Majesty were seated the Earl of Errol, the 
Duke of Atholl, the Marquis of Queensberry, the Earl 
of Morton, Viscount Melville ; the Right Honourable 
Charles Hope, Lord President of the Court of Session ; 
the Right Honourable David Boyle, Lord Justice- 
Clerk; Sir J. P. Beresford, Sir Thomas Bradford, 
Marquis of Graham, and Earl Cathcart. 

The appearance which the company presented was 
most interesting. There was here brought under the 
eye the whole dignity of the state, the sovereign him- 
self, the public functionaries, judges, and magistrates j 
in their official robes, — officers, both naval and military, 
habited in their appropriate costumes, presenting 
altogether an appearance not less singular than splen- 
did. 

Behind his Majesty, and close to the wall, were sta- 
tioned four of his pages, and four yeomen of the guard, 
with their halberts. 

Grace was said by the very Reverend Principal Baird. 
During dinner, his Majesty conversed in the most free 
and affable manner, sometimes with the Lord Provost, 
and at other times with the Earl of Errol. He seemed 
to be in excellent spirits. His Majesty partook of 
turtle and grouse soups, stewed carp and venison, in the 
first course ; and, in the second course, of grouse and 
apricot tart. During dinner he drank moselle and a 
little champaigne, and claret during the rest of the even- 
ing. He made use of glasses 200 years old, of a very 
massive and antique form, which had been furnished for 
his table by Sir Walter Scott. He cast his eye frequent- 



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ly along the room, as if to examine its structure, and sur- 
veyed the company with marked attention. During and 
immediately after dinner, a number of Scottish airs were 
played. To " Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch, ,, « Fll gang 
nae mair to yon Town, " The Campbells are coming," 
and « Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," his Majesty beat 
time with great emphasis. With " The Cameronian s 
Rant" he was delighted, or at least much amused ; for, 
besides beating time to it with his hands, he accompanied 
the air with the most rapid inclinations of his person. 

It is impossible, by words, to convey an adequate idea 
of the grace and dignity of his Majesty's manner on the 
occasion of the banquet. Seeing him, we would have 
said, that his Majesty, had he wanted one or the other of 
these qualities, was either the most affable or the most 
dignified of men. As he appeared to us, he was both the 
most affable and the most dignified. It is a rare and 
most gratifying sight to behold a King indulging the 
sympathies of our common nature, and convivial ly en- 
gaged with his subjects in the free interchange of thought 
and of sentiment. To do so, and sustain at the same 
time the regal character at its proper elevation, is an attain- 
ment of no ordinary difficulty. Dignity of manner may be 
acquired from a habitual consciousness of authority ; 
yet, from the stiffness with which it hangs upon the indi- 
vidual, assuming too often an air of haughtiness, it 
constantly betrays the vulgarity of its origin. With 
stateliness of this kind it is seldom indeed that good na- 
ture or affability is seen combined ; and it is as seldom 
that good nature is freely indulged without some detri- 
ment to the proper dignity of the person who yields to its 
impulses. We are speaking, however, of acquired habits 
and difficult tasks. With his Majesty the two opposite 
qualities which we speak of are brought together by no 
effort, nor are they held in combination by any force of 
habit ; but are so happily blended, and appear so artlessly, 
that they can only be considered the indications of a truly 
great and generous mind. Eulogy is altogether out of 
our province, as it is foreign to our inclination. What we 
have ventured to state is the result of close and calm ob- 
servation, and will, we are sure, be assented to by all who 



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have had the pleasure of seeing his Majesty in his more 
gay and unreserved moments. 

As soon as the King had dined, a silver basin, contain- 
ing rose-water, was brought to his Majesty by William 
Howison Craufurd, younger of Braehead and Craufurd- 
land, who, in right of his mother, as proprietrix of 
Braehead, in the county of Mid-Lothian, claims this pri- 
vilege, — the service performed being the ancient tenure 
by which the estate of Braehead is held.* He was at- 



• The foregoing service had its origin in the following very inter- 
esting story, related of an ancestor of the present family of Howison 
of Braehead : — 

" One of the kings of Scotland, James the 2d or 3d, travelling in- 
cognito (as was the frequent custom of the former) in the neighbour- 
hood of Cramond-bridge, was attacked by a gang of gypsies, then 
very numerous in Scotland. The king long bravely defended himself; 
but, notwithstanding his gallantry, which availed him but little 
against so many assailants, he was at last brought to the ground ; 
when, at this critical moment for Scotland's monarch, a husband- 
man of the name of Howison, who was threshing in a neighbouring 
barn, hearing the noise of the scuffle, came out, and seeing one man 
attacked by so many, gallantly sided with the weaker party, and 
dealt such lusty blows with his flail among the gypsies as speedily 
to put them to flight. The stranger being thus rescued from his 
perilous situation, was conducted by the farmer to his humble 
dwelling, where his guest requested a basin of water and a towel to 
remove the blood and stains of the broil. This being procured, the 
peasant, at the same time tendering his assistance to his guest, after- 
wards placed before him such refreshments as his house afforded ; 
and suspecting, from some peculiarity of his dress which appeared 
when he had thrown aside his cloak, that the stranger was a person 
of some distinction, he placed him,, in token of respect, at the head 
of his board. This was strongly resisted at first by the disguised 
king, but as stoutly insisted on by the sturdy farmer, who declared, 
' he was master here,' and his guest was obliged to comply. Before 
departing, the stranger, after many thanks, invited his deliverer to 
visit him in Edinburgh, and directed him to inquire at the Castle 
for c ane James Stuart/ who would gratify the curiosity he had ex- 
pressed of seeing that fortress. ' Wow, man,' said the farmer, ' but 
I would like to see the Castle !' perhaps considering this a remuner- 
ation sufficient for the assistance he had afforded. At no distant 
day he availed himself of the invitation ; and, presenting himself at 
the Castle-gate, was, to his great astonishment, ushered into an as- 
sembly of nobles and courtiers, among whom, much to his relief, he 
speedily recognised his old friend James Stuart. The farmer was 



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tended by Masters Charles and Walter Scott, the one a 
son, the other a nephew, of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, as 
pages, attired in splendid dresses of scarlet and white sa- 
tin, the former holding a silver ewer, and the other a sal- 
ver, with a damask napkin of Scottish manufacture, and 
of the finest texture. In offering the basin, Mr Howison 
Craufurd knelt down to his Majesty, who, after he had 
dipped his fingers in the water, and wiped them with the 
napkin, acknowledged the service with an affability and 
grace peculiarly his own. 

The dessert for his Majesty's table, which was most 
superb, was served up in golden dishes, and richly cut 
glasses of the same workmanship with those used at din- 
ner, and consisted of peaches, pine-apples of so uncom- 
mon a size as to weigh each from three and a half to four 
pounds and upwards, in the greatest profusion, apricots, 
currants, raspberries, of which the King partook, and a 
number of other delicious fruits.* The water and cream 
ices produced were most exquisite, and pleased his Ma- 
jesty much, as did also some orange chips as a dried 
sweetmeat. 



informed by him that the king was present, and that he would soon 
know him by being the only person in the room covered, { Then/ 
said the confounded peasant, * it maun be either you or me,' having, 
in the bewilderment arising from the scene before him, neglected to 
doff his own blue bonnet. After diverting himself with the hus- 
bandman's simplicity, the* now disclosed monarch again expressed 
his gratitude, and desired him to name a boon, such as he could 
bestow, for his deliverance, when the honest rustic modestly replied, 
that the summit of his earthly wishes was to become proprietor of 
the land he cultivated as bondsman. This was instantly complied 
with, and a crown charter of the lands of Braehead, which then 
were crown lands, was forthwith prepared. The reddendo of the 
charter is the service of holding a basin of water and a napkin, 
when required so to do, for the king to wash his hands, in com- 
memoration of the office performed by the husbandman after rescu- 
ing his sovereign from the gypsies." 

Sir Walter Scott told the above story to the King, who was very 
highly amused with it. 

The rose-water used by his Majesty at the city banquet is in pos- 
session of Mr Howison Craufurd in a bottle hermetically sealed. 

v * These were presented by Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, to 
the guid town, for his Majesty's table. 



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The dessert for the other tables was most plentiful, 
and served up in the richest china, the appearance of 
which alone had a very fine effect.* The fruits were 
peaches of an extraordinary size, grapes of very supe- 
rior flavour, with green figs, jergonell pears, and cherries 
of a peculiar kind.-f* 

After dinner, " Non nobis Domine" was sung in ex- 
cellent style (the company standing,) by the vocal band, 
consisting of Messrs Magrath, Swift, Templeton, and 
other eminent singers. His Majesty, as is his invariable 
custom, joined in this sublime canon; and his voice, 
which is a very fine bass, was distinctly heard. 

The Lord Provost rose and said, " I have the honour of 
proposing the health of his Majesty, who has this day hon- 
oured us with his presence, thereby conferring a signal mark 
of favour upon his good town of Edinburgh, which will 
never, never be obliterated from the memory of the present 
generation." 

The toast was drank by the company standing, with three 
times three ; and for several minutes the hall resounded with 
clapping of hands, and other demonstrations of the most 
rapturous enthusiasm. 

The toast, as soon as it was given, was, upon a signal from 
the Parliament Square, of two rockets, proclaimed to the 
whole city and its dependencies, by artillery, from the 
Castle, the Calton-hill, Salisbury Crags, and the ships in the 
Roads. 

" God save the King" was sung by the band; and the 
grand symphony of the thunder of the guns, that rolled 
along the vaulted roof, gave an effect to the music of almost 
preternatural sublimity. 

His Majesty then said, " In rising to return thanks for 
the expressions of attachment now made to me, after what I 
experienced on my arrival, what I have since seen, and what 
I now see before me, words would fail me were I to attempt 
to describe to you my feelings. In this situation I must ap- 
peal to your own. I assure you, I consider this one of the 



* The china, of which there were 338 dishes, was furnished hy 
Mr Child, Catherine Street. 

t The dessert was furnished by Mr Davidson, confectioner, St 
Andrew's Street. 



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proudest days of my life; and you may judge with what 
truth, with what sincerity, and with what delight, I drink 
all your good healths." 

In delivering this address, the voice of his Majesty was 
evidently affected by his feelings. There was a blandness in 
it, — a pathos, which, more than even the words, spoke to 
the heart of every one present. Throughout, his Majesty's 
utterance was most distinct; but, as he proceeded, there 
was an increase of energy ; and, in concluding, he placed 
his hand upon his heart, and expressed himself with power- 
ful emphasis. 

" The Duke of York and the army," " The Duke of 
Clarence and the navy," were given in succession by the 
Lord Provost, with three times three; the band playing 
" The Duke of York's March" and " Rule Britannia." His 
Majesty accompanied the latter air with his voice, and beat 
time to the chorus. 

His Majesty was now observed in conversation with 
the Lord Provost, in reference, it seems, to a matter 
which his Majesty was graciously pleased to make the sub- 
ject of the next toast. Viscount Melville had previously 
stated to the Lord Provost, that it was his Majesty's 
intention to confer upon him the honour of Baronetcy, 
but when and where he had not yet decided. At the 
banquet, and after the usual toasts had been drank, his 
Majesty said to the Lord Provost, " My Lord, you may 
have heard, that it is my intention to make you a Baronet." 
His Lordship replied, he had heard that such was his Ma- 
jesty's gracious intention. " Have you any objection to it ?" 
the King inquired. His Lordship observed, he could not 
fail to consider it a very high honour. " Then," said his 
Majesty, " call a bumper." 

A toast by the King was now announced, when his Ma- 
jesty rose and said, " Gentlemen, I am sure you will cor- 
dially agree with me in drinking the health of the Lord 
Provost of Edinburgh, — Sir William Arbuthnot, Baronet, — 
and the Corporation of the city of Edinburgh." (Loud 
cheering followed the toast.) 

Though not unprepared for the new honour announced 
by the toast of the King, the manner of conferring it, so 
gracious and so gratifying, was altogether unexpected by his 
Lordship. He dropped on his knee, and kissed the hand of 
his Majesty, who raised him up in the most affable manner. 

Airs—" 'Twas within a Mile of Edinburgh Town ;" " Up 
and waur them a', Willie." — Glee — u Glorious Apollo." 

His Majesty again rose and said, " Gentlemen, I trust you 






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-will all do justice to a toast, in which I feel a very great 
interest. I shall simply give you, All the chieftains and all 
the clans of Scotland, and may God bless the Land of Cakes !" 

This toast, which was given by his Majesty with great 
animation and fervour, was drank with three times three, 
which were timed by his Majesty himself, and followed up 
by the most enthusiastic plaudits. 

Airs—" The Garb of old Gaul," " Highland Laddie." 

About nine o'clock, the King retired amidst the most 
enthusiastic cheering^ the choral and instrumental bands 
singing and playing at the same time. He left the room 
as he had entered it, preceded by the Lord Provost, the 
Lords in waiting, and other officers of his suite, and was 
loudly cheered by the company. His Majesty bowed, as 
he passed along, to the different noblemen and gentlemen. 
After attending his Majesty to his carriage, the Lord Pro- 
vost and others, who had preceded him, returned ; and Sir 
William Arbuthnot, having received the congratulations of 
his friends as he passed, the band playing " A man's a man 
for a' that," and the company cheering, took his seat at 
the head of the table, — the chair on which the King sat hav- 
ing been previously removed. 

The Lord Provost again gave the health of his Majesty, 
who had that night honoured them with his presence, and a 
long, prosperous, and happy reign to him, which was drank 
with acclamations. 

" God save the King" was again sung.— -Air— " Highland 
Laddie." 

The Duke of Hamilton rose to propose a toast. He meant 
to have seized the earliest opportunity of congratulating the 
Lord Provost on the distinction so deservedly conferred on 
him by his Majesty. If they considered him merely in a 
convivial light, they ought to be glad to express their sense 
of the obligation he had conferred on them that day, by the 
handsome manner he had treated them ; but still more, if 
they considered what had been going on in this town for the 
last few days, where, under the Magistracy, all was most 
quiet, most proper, and most conciliatory ; and where every 
thing was conducted in such a manner as to do honour to 
themselves as well as to our city. His Grace concluded, by 
proposing the health of the Lord Provost, which was drank 
with three times three. 

The Lord Provost returned thanks, adding, that the ap- 
probation of such a company must ever animate him to the 
discharge of his duty to the best of his abilities. He then 
gave 



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" The auspicious days, the 14th, 15th, and 24th of August, 
— the first day being that on which the King cast anchor in 
Leith Roads — the second that on which he had made his 
public entry into the city — and the last, that on which he 
had honoured the corporation with his presence." 

The next toast from the chair, was, 

' ' The British Constitution ; and may that Constitution, in 
Church and State, which is the envy of the world, be trans- 
mitted unimpaired to the latest posterity." 

Air — " Kind Robin lo'es me." 

The health of Mr Peel, who was absent from indisposition, 
was then given from the chair, and drank ; and was followed 
by that of Viscount Melville, who was complimented by the 
Lord Provost for the firm, manly, and independent manner in 
which he had discharged the duties of his situation. These 
toasts were both drank with applause. 

Viscount Melville trusted, that they would give him credit 
when he assured them, how deeply sensible he was of the 
honour they had conferred upon him. At any time, and 
under any circumstances, such an honour would have been 
highly acceptable to him; but at the present moment, and 
on the present occasion, it was doubly grateful, when it was 
received from the most distinguished personages of the land, 
who could confer honour upon any compliment. He begged 
to assure them, that he felt the favour highly, and would 
ever entertain a deep sense of this distinguished mark of their 
attention. He might also beg leave to add, that the com- 
pliment on this occasion became the more gratifying, when 
he had to reflect upon what had not only on the present 
glorious occasion been the conduct of this great metropolis, 
in which he felt so deep an interest, but also of the immense 
population which had poured into it on a late occasion, and 
whose behaviour (and he begged to speak of it both as a 
citizen of Edinburgh and as a Scotsman) was such as to do 
them honour and credit — (Great applause). It in fact ap- 
peared, from their universal demeanour, that, from the highest 
peer to the meanest peasant, but one feeling predominated, 
— the desire of each individual to manifest his loyalty to 
his Sovereign, in such a manner as if he felt his own in- 
dividual character involved in the general conduct of his 
countrymen — (Loud applause.) The noble Viscount con- 
cluded, by proposing his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and 
the Peerage of Scotland. 

The Duke of Hamilton rose, and said, that, after the toast 
which had been proposed, and the manner in which it had 
been introduced to their notice, it was impossible for him to 



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remain silent, although it was painful for him to speak, feel- 
ing himself inadequate to do justice to the subject. In the 
first place, he had to return thanks to the company in his 
own name and in that of the Peers who were associated with 
him in the toast, for the honour they had done them. This 
became his duty, although he knew there were others much 
better able to perform it. If, however, there were (as he 
was aware) many better qualified for this duty, there were 
none more anxious than he was to express, with warmth and 
sincerity, the cordial feelings which the occasion called for. 
— None approached his Sovereign with a warmer expression 
of reverence and sincerity, and none was more anxious to 
maintain his duty to the King, without any subserviency 
however of political opinion. No one was more ready than 
he was to come forward and pay homage to the honour and 
dignity of the Crown ; but at the same time he was not to 
forget the just and jealous care which he was bound to ob- 
serve towards the rights and interests of the people under 
this free constitution. He felt a pride in shewing every re- 
spect and honour to the person who wears the crown of these 
realms ; but, in doing so, he must not forget the respect due 
to himself. He must repeat, that he had duties also to dis- 
charge for the people, which were interwoven with the best 
rights and securities of the Crown, and which, in fact, form- 
ed the basis of the true power and constitutional glory of 
the Sovereign. 

The health of the Earl of Errol was then given by the 
Lord Provost. The noble Earl returned thanks. 

" Lady Arbuthnot and the flowers of Edinburgh" was 
given by Lord Strathmore. 

Glee — " Here's a health to all good Lasses." 

The Duke of Argyll said, there was a venerable body, in 
whose annals, he was proud to think, the names of some of 
his ancestors were honourably inscribed, and which he, as 
their descendant, would propose to drink, — " The Church of 
Scotland." — (Loud cheering). 

The Duke of Atholl gave 

" The Lord President of the Court of Session, and the 
Judicature of the country, to whom they all felt indebted in 
their several situations." 

The Lord President, in expressing his acknowledgments, 
stated, that though the judges of the land are, by their situa- 
tions, at all times placed above popular applause, yet, if in 
the discharge of their important duties they obtained the ap- 
probation of such a distinguished meeting, they couljd not be 
insensible to such distinction. He concluded by adverting 

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to the principles which guided them in the exercise of those 
functions which, in the face of every danger, it was their 
bounden duty to discharge. 

The next toast from the chair, was, 

" The distinguished strangers of England who have this 
day honoured us with their presence." — {Loud applause.) 

The Earl of Errol then gave 

" Sir Walter Scott, and thanks to him for the share which 
he had in bringing us together." 

Sir Walter Scott said, that he really wanted power to ex- 
press his feelings upon this occasion. He was even happy, 
that his want of expression arose from the warmth of his 
feelings, which rendered him incompetent to utter what he 
should wish at such a time. He could, however, say, that 
he did not deserve this mark of their attention ; and if, as 
amicus curiaz, (for in no other capacity had he a right to inter- 
fere,) he had thrown out a few hints, he had only to say that 
he had an easy task, as he had to communicate with Magis- 
trates, who, whatever was proposed that had taste or proprie- 
ty to recommend it, were ready to command, and who had 
to deal with a people who were equally willing to obey. 
{Loud applause. ) — That he had himself any, — the slightest, 
share in the late arrangements, would always be to himself a 
matter of the deepest pride. 

Lord Strathmore gave 

" The King's young landlord, the Duke of Buccleuch." 

Lord Montagu returned thanks, and said, that what his 
Grace had now done was, he hoped, only an earnest of bet- 
ter service which he would hereafter render to his Sovereign. 

The Lord Provost gave 

" The Duke of Montrose," of whose company they were 
deprived by indisposition. 

" The Duke of Wellington," — drank with loud applause. 

Air — " See the conquering hero comes." 

Lord Lauderdale gave 

<c The Rectors of the Universities of Scotland, and may 
they long maintain the honour they have acquired." 

The Lord Provost gave 

" The brave companions in arms of the Duke of Welling- 
ton, — the Earl of Hopetoun, Lord Lynedoch, Lord Beres- 
ford, and Sir David Baird." 

Lord Beresford returned thanks. 

Sir Walter Scott gave 

" Both sides of St George's Channel." 

The Lord Provost gave 

" The memory of Nelson, who seemed only to live till 



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his glorious mission was accomplished, and expired in the 
act of giving the exterminating blow to the naval power of 
the combined enemies of Britain." 

" The Chieftains and the Clans who have come forward 
on the present occasion to grace his Majesty's court, parti- 
cularly the Marchioness of Stafford, Lady Gwydir, Earl of 
Breadalbane, Sir Evan McGregor, and Glengarry." 

Glengarry returned thanks, observing, that whenever 
his Majesty should require their services to defend his throne, 
they would be found ready in the cause. 

Sir E. McGregor gave a toast winch could not be too often 
repeated, — 

" The Chief of Chiefs— the King." 

" The Earl of Morton, his Majesty's Lord High Com- 
missioner to the Church of Scotland, and the Moderator," 
from the chair. 

The Duke of Atholl gave 

" May the radiant Sun of Royalty see what the Sons of 
Scotland are made of." — {Loud applause.) 

" The 'Duke of Argyll and the Highland Society of Scot- 
land," by the Earl of Kinnoull. 
Sir M. S. Stewart gave 

" The King, as Baron of Renfrew," three times three. 
The Earl of Elgin gave 

" The Health of the Duke of Atholl," and particularly 
alluded to the National Monument of Scotland, in which his 
Majesty evinced so great an interest. 

His Grace said he was a Scotsman born and bred — he 
loved his country most sincerely, and he wished that every 
action of his life might be such as to do good to his coun- 
try, and meet the approbation of his countrymen. He had 
taken an interest in the National Monument, to be erected 
to the memory of those brave men who had fought the battles 
of our King, and conquered all the enemies of our country. 
He hoped, he had been somewhat instrumental in bringing 
this great work to a conclusion, the foundation stone of which 
was to be laid on Tuesday next. From the situation in life 
in which Providence had placed him, much was expected 
from him ; and, as he had said before, his best endeavours 
should ever be exerted for the good of his country. In 
doing so, he only did what he trusted every Scotsman would 
do— his duty. There was not an individual in Scotland who 
would sacrifice more for the improvement of his native land ; 
and he would, at all times, stand forth a decided supporter of 
the King, and of those measures which tended to the good 
of Caledonia. 



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Lord Ashburton proposed a toast, which was that of a 
national monument, — one that would last when a monument 
of stone and mortar had passed away — 

" The author of Waverley, whoever he may be, and his 
works." 

Glengarry, in a warm speech, in which he dwelt at some 
length upon the virtues and patriotism of one who, he said, 
had been the patron of his early life, proposed 

" The memory of Henry Lord Melville." — Drank in 
silehce. 

" The memory of his associate, Mr Pitt — we shall never 
see his like again," by the Duke of Atholl. — Drank in silence. 

" Sir J. P. Beresford, and the northern squadron," from 
the chair. 

" Sir Thomas Bradford, and the military forces in Scot- 
land," from the chair. 

The Hon. Captain Napier, R. N. said, that nobody respected 
the memories of the illustrious dead more than he, but at pre- 
sent he was more inclined to notice living men. They had seen 
a fine appearance of yeomanry, and these were the men he liked. 
They had drank the Baron of Renfrew; and as he now saw his 
honourable friend, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, in the yeoman- 
ry garb, he begged to give his health, coupled with them — 
" The Baronet of Renfrew, and the yeomanry of Scotland;" 
with such men old mother Caledonia would live for ever. 

Sir M. S. Stewart thought, that the yeomanry of Scotland 
ought to stand as a distinct toast of itself. From the ap- 
pearance that had been made by the body of yeomen, 
on Portobello Sands yesterday, no man could say we were 
without a valuable force in ourselves ; they were the real 
defenders of the government. He gave 

" The yeomanry of Scotland." 

Air — " Bold Dragoon." 

Sir W. Maxwell gave 

" The Lord Provost, and the rest of the company not 
yeomen." 

Song, " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," by Mr Magrath. 

" The Convener and the Trades of the City of Edinburgh," 
by the Earl of Elgin. 

" The health of his Majesty, as the King of the Isles," 
first in Gaelic, and then in English, by Glengarry. 

The following toasts were then given by the Lord Provost ; 

" The City of London and Sir W. Curtis." 

« The City of Dublin." 

" The City of Glasgow. Prosperity to its Trade and 
Manufactures." 



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fC The Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock." 
" George the Fourth/' 

About ten o'clock, the company began to retire ; and 
they broke up about twelve. All were delighted with 
the evening's entertainment. His Majesty seemed to have 
been highly gratified with his reception, and with the 
ardent demonstrations of duty and affection which he 
received from the highly-respectable company assembled 
around him. 

The wines, which were of the finest vintages, and in 
great variety, were furnished by Messrs Lyall and Car- 
gill, Edinburgh, and Messrs Cockburn and Co., Leith. 

In the evening, the front of the Parliament House, and 
a number of houses in the High Street, adjoining to the 
Parliament Square, were illuminated. The office of the 
Board of Trustees was very brilliant ; and Mr Munro's 
house displayed a crown and two stars, with the royal 
initials.* 



* The Lord Provost and Magistrates, with the greatest atten- 
tion to the necessities of the sick and poor in the public establish- 
ments, gave orders that the wine remaining after the banquet should 
be distributed in equal shares to the Royal Infirmary and the Desti- 
tute Sick Society, and that the broken meats should be given to the 
different workhouses, prisoners in the jail, &c. 



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CHAP. XIII. 



On the forenoon of Sunday, the 25th of August, the 
King attended divine service in the High Church of 
St Giles. So great was the anxiety evinced by the 
public to obtain admission, that a considerable num- 
ber had taken their seats so early as nine o'clock in the 
morning. Owing, however, to the very judicious regula- 
tions of the ministers and kirk-session, there was no in- 
convenient crowding when the congregation had assem- 
bled, which was before the arrival of his Majesty ; every 
seat-holder was supplied by the Collector of Cess with 
signed tickets for each pew, and the passages were kept 
entirely clear. 

The seat occupied by the King was that which is al- 
lotted to his Majesty's Commissioner to the General As- 
sembly, in front of the gallery, and immediately opposite 
the pulpit. The seat, it is well known, is in all respects 
proper for royalty, having a chair of state, surmounted 
by a magnificent canopy. 

In this seat the Earl of Errol, as Lord High Constable, 
bearing the sword of state, and another nobleman, ap- 
peared a considerable time before the King's arrival ; but 
withdrew, after remaining a short time, in order to be in 
readiness to receive his Majesty. 

The Lords of Session and Justiciary, and the Barons 
of Exchequer, in their robes, entered the church, pre- 
ceded by the maces of their respective courts, and took 
their usual seats in the front of the side galleries. On the 
right of the Lord President of the Court of Session sat 
Lords Bannatyne, Balgray, and Cringletie, and on the 
left, Lords Robertson and Alloway. On the right of 
the Lord Justice Clerk, as presiding Judge of the 
Court of Justiciary, were seated Lords Hermand, Pit- 
millv, and Meadowbank ; on the left, Lords Gillies and 
Succoth, and Mr Secretary Peel. 

In the opposite (north) gallery sat the Lord Chief 
Baron of the Court of Exchequer ; on his right, Baron 
Clerk Rattray and the Lord Advocate ; on his left, Ba- 



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rons Sir Patrick Murray and Hume, the Solicitor-Gene- 
ral, and Henry Jardine, Esq. King's Remembrancer. 

The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town-Council 
of Edinburgh entered the church, in their robes, preced- 
ed by the city sword of state and mace, and accompa- 
nied by the city-clerks and assessors ; and took their 
usual seats in front of the east end of the north gallery. 
On the right of the Lord Provost were seated the Right 
Honourable William Dundas, Lord Clerk Register, and 
Member for the city ; Bailies Henderson and Smith, 
Dean of Guild Anderson, and Old Bailie Anderson; 
and on his left, Bailies Blackwood and Lyall, Old Bailies 
Waddel and Child, and Treasurer Dickson. Behind, 
were seated the ordinary and extraordinary members of 
council and other official persons connected with the city. 

A number of noble and distinguished personages also 
formed part of the congregation. Among these we ob- 
served the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the former 
dressed in the Highland garb ; the Duke of Buccleuch, 
Lord Montagu, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Binning. 

His Majesty, at a quarter past eleven, set out in a close 
carriage for church from Holy rood Palace, (having ar- 
rived only a few minutes previously,) and where a great 
multitude were assembled.* He was accompanied in his 



* The people who surrounded the southern approach to the Pa- 
lace were a good deal amused by the eccentricities of a worthy 
couple, who had come from the country to behold his Majesty. 
The husband, — a good-natured-looking fellow, with a rauchan or 
plaid about his shoulders, and a staff in his hand, his teeth deep- 
ly tinged with the juice of tobacco, and his bonnet set tastefully 
a-jee, showing that domestic thraldom had not extinguished all the 
spunk of his youth, — discovered a great deal of indifference ; but 
his spouse, — a person of small grey feretty eyes, the rigid muscles 
of whose countenance betokened absolute rule, dressed in a chintz 
gown of the largest pattern, with a galash on her head, — was quite 
on the qui-vive with curiosity. As the royal carriage drove up, 
her helpmate exclaimed, " Noo, Janet, noo ! dinna gang hame 
flyting on me as ye've done every day these sax days, and say ye 
hae nae seen him. There, woman ! he's coming noo ; be sure and 
tak a guid look o' him, — noo, noo, noo !" Janet thought she could 
never see too much of majesty ; — she cast her eyes first upon the 
carriage, then upon the coachman and footmen, whose finery quite 



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carriage by the Duke of Dorset, and Lord Glenlyon, the 
Lord in waiting. In order to give the King an idea of 
the interior of the High Church, and the situation of the 
different public bodies, a perspective view of that edifice, 
taken from the site of the King's chair, and executed by 
Mr Patrick Gibson, a celebrated landscape painter of 
this city, had been laid before his Majesty the same 
morning, by Lord Glenlyon, on his arrival at the Palace. 
This pencil-sketch his Majesty took with him in his car- 
riage, examined it on his way to church, and expressed him- 
self very much pleased with the precision arid neat handling 
of the drawing. His Majesty had also been previously put 
in possession of a tabular view of the ceremonial of the 
Scottish church, explanatory of the manner in which the 
different parts of divine worship were performed, which 
(as in all probability the King had never before been in 
a Presbyterian church) was drawn up for his information, 
and transmitted to him by the very Rev. Principal Baird. 
The appearance of the street at this time was extremely 
imposing and characteristic of a Scottish Sabbath. As his 
Majesty passed, the people reverently took off their hats, but 
not a voice was raised to hail his appearance ! Great as 
their exultation must have been to behold their Sovereign in 



dazzled her ; and before she could rally all her faculties of memo- 
ry, reflection, and so forth, the King was within the porch of the 
Palace. The poor woman, discovering her fatal error too late, eja- 
culated, " God preserve me ! I've tint (lost) him again." The 
worthy couple then withdrew from the crowd, Janet jlyting most 
unmercifully, and John ruminating, no doubt, upon the cost of 
another day's sojourning in Edinburgh. 

The following is one instance, among a number of others, of the 
curiosity which prevailed to see his Majesty: A shepherd set out from 
Arnprior, about twelve miles from Stirling, one morning, for the 
metropolis, with only eighteen pence in his pocket ! He reached his 
destination the same evening. — During his stay his curiosity was 
gratified by seeing the King five times ! Being desirous of having, 
on his return, a voyage by sea, he went to Newhaven, and bar- 
gained with one of the captains of the steam-boats, to make himself 
useful on board as a compensation for his passage to Stirling, which 
was accordingly agreed to ; and, on returning home, he had some- 
thing still to spare, for his whole disbursements during the jaunt 
amounted to only one shilling ! 



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the midst of them, the sentiment of piety alone predomi- 
nated ; and of the great multitude collected, not one for a 
moment forgot the divine precept, to keep the Sabbath-day 
holy. There did not reign, in the most sequestered glen of 
Scotland, a more profound stillness than was now observed 
in the heart of the city of Edinburgh ! Nor is this to be 
wondered at. The spectacle of a monarch proceeding to 
humble himself, in adoration, before the King of Kings, 
could scarcely fail, with a rational people, to act as an 
example — as an incentive to devotion, rather than as the 
signal of clamorous rejoicing. When the royal carriage 
was near to the Cross, a few boys took off their hats, as if 
about to cheer his Majesty ; but some old men dissuasive- 
ly held up their hands, and the most prompt obedience 
was yielded to the signal. This circumstance was much 
noticed by the King, who turned round, seemingly pleased, 
and made some observation respecting it to his attendants. 
Indeed, we have reason to believe, that there was no part 
of the behaviour of his Scottish subjects which was more 
admired by his Majesty than their conduct on this solemn 
occasion. 

On his Majesty's entry to the church, he was received 
by the ministers and elders, arrayed in a line, within 
the church door. Principal Baird had the honour of 
attending the King from the door to the royal seat ; and, 
in the course of his Majesty's progress, a very interesting 
incident took place. His Majesty, who had a sealed 
packet in his hand, inquired at Principal Baird where 
was the usual receptacle for the congregation depositing 
their offerings ? On being told by the Principal, that it 
had been removed on this occasion, as an impediment 
to his Majesty's passing, the King appeared to regret the 
circumstance ; and putting the packet, which was en- 
dorsed, " One hundred pounds from his Majesty, 1 ' into 
the Principal's hand, he desired that its contents might 
be applied, with the rest of the collection, for the benefit 
of the poor. 

The King then entered the body of the church, pre- 
ceded by the Lord High Constable, bearing the sword of 
state, and followed by a numerous suite of attendants. 
The congregation rose as his Majesty entered, who turn- 

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cd round, and, covering his face with his hat, said a 
short prayer, according to the English form of worship. 

His Majesty was dressed in a field marshal's uniform, 
and wore the ribbon of the Order of the Thistle, and a 
number of decorations upon his breast. Upon his right 
was the Lord High Constable, with the sword of state ; 
and behind his Majesty's chair, in the same seat, were 
the Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Graham, Earl Cath- 
cart, Lord Glenlyon, and Lord Francis Conyngham. All 
these noblemen stood during the time of divine service. 
In seats immediately behind we observed Lord Graves, 
Lord Charles Bentinck, Lord George Beresford, Sir 
Charles Paget, General Baillie, Sir William Keppel, and 
Sir Hilgrove Turner. 

The officiating minister on this occasion was Dr La- 
mont, the moderator of the General Assembly, who com- 
menced the service by giving out the first version of the 
100th psalm. His Majesty lifted a psalm book, and 
stood during the reading ; and his example was followed 
by the rest of the congregation. After a most eloquent 
and impressive prayer, the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th 
verses of the 23d paraphrase were sung. The minister 
then recited the Lord's prayer ; and adopted, as the 
subject of his discourse, the 3d and 4th verses of the 
3d chapter of the epistle of St Paul to the Colossians, 
— " For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ 
in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, 
then shall ye also appear with him in glory." The 
sermon of the reverend Doctor was enriched by a number 
of sublime passages of Scripture, and throughout breath- 
ed a spirit of the most exalted piety. The good taste of 
the preacher was in nothing more particularly shown than 
in making his applications entirely general ; and the dis- 
course was more impressive from its not being read. It 
was altogether a good specimen of Presbyterian preaching. 
In the prayer which followed the discourse, the reverend 
Doctor made use of these words : " May thy choicest 
blessings descend upon the head of our Sovereign King 
George. Grant him, O God, a long, a happy, and a 
prosperous reign. May he be adorned with every 
Christian virtue. May he be happy- in this life, and 
happy in the life to come. May the paternal regard he 



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lias shown in visiting this part of his dominions, which 
has diffused joy throughout the land, have a lasting in- 
fluence on the hearts and conduct of the people." The 
service was concluded by singing the first four verses of 
the 50th paraphrase. 

His Majesty joined earnestly in the devotional exer- 
cises, and listened to the discourse throughout with the 
most profound attention. He seemed to be very much 
struck with the singing. The first tune sung was the 
100th Psalm, long metre; the second St Matthew's, and 
the last Reading ; the effect of which was very grand, 
particularly as the band and congregation kept together. 
His Majesty appeared to take great pleasure in the last- 
mentioned tune, and to be much gratified with the solo 
part, given by Mr Swift.* It were needless here to remark, 
how partial the King is to music ; or that his Majesty's 
well-known taste in this department of the fine arts en- 
titles him to rank very high as a judge of it. 

When the service was concluded, his Majesty slightly 
bowed to the preacher. On leaving his seat, he bowed, 
and addressed a few words to the Duke of Buccleuch 
and Lord Montagu ; with the former he shook hands. 
He then retired, the Lord High Constable carrying the 
sword of state before him, and followed by his attendants. 
On leaving the church, his Majesty took occasion to ex- 
press to an eminent person present, his general satisfaction 
with the whole service. -j* 

As the King proceeded to the Palace, the people ob- 
served the same reverential silence which they had done 

* At a meeting of the session of the High Church, it was resolved, 
that their ordinary band of singers should be strengthened on the 
Sunday when his Majesty went to church ; and Mr David Bridges, 
junior, was requested by the session to undertake the selection of 
such assistants as he judged best. On that occasion, most of the 
first professional teachers of vocal music in the city came readily 
forward. In this number were Messrs Magrath, Swift, Gleadhill, 
Templetons, and others; the whole consisting of twelve trebles, 
eight counter-tenors, eight tenors, and seven basses. Several young 
ladies of highly respectable families also volunteered their assistance 
as trebles. 

t An occurrence took place, as the King left the church, which 
is too remarkable to be omitted. A man entered the church, bring- 
ing with him a child to be baptized. He had applied, some 
weeks before, to have the baptism performed on the day when his 



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on the previous part of the day. His Majesty left Holy- 
rood exactly at one o'clock, two noblemen being in the 
carriage with him. 

In the evening, the Earls of Kinnoull, Wemyss and 
March, Breadalbane, Aberdeen, Rosebery, and Mans- 
field, and the Hon. Mr Maule of Panmure, had the ho- 
nour of dining with his Majesty. 

There was no act which his Majesty could have pos- 
sibly performed more truly gratifying to his Scottish 
subjects, than the compliment to their national church 
implied in his attendance at St Giles's. In another point 
of view it was still more gratifying. It proved, that 
whatever advances infidelity may have made in modern 
times, religion has been greatly purified of all that was 
earthly in it — of the gross leaven of human infirmity; 
that while there has been a decay of that zeal which 
consumed like a fire, the true spirit of religion is begun 
to be felt, and to discover itself by its genuine fruits of 
charity and comprehensive benevolence. It was a spec- 
tacle worthy of the present age, to behold, in that 
sanctuary which once was the arena where the adher- 
ents of Presbytery and Episcopacy long struggled for 
dominion, each sect arming itself with the darkest pas- 
sions of the human heart, — where the storm burst out 
which laid Prelacy low, and led to the establishment of a 
system which, whatever be its merits, was most conso- 
nant to the wishes and feelings of the people, and 
adapted to the circumstances of the country ; — to be- 
hold in this very spot the head of that rival church, 
once triumphant, now tolerated in Scotland, joining in 
worship with his Presbyterian subjects. The circum- 
stance may be considered a striking instance of the liber- 
ality of the age ; in which the people of Scotland can 
scarcely fail to discover a better guarantee for the security 
of that establishment, which is their greatest boast and 
their greatest blessing, than can be derived from any 
compact, however public and solemn. 



Majesty should visit the church, and his request was readily com- 
plied with. At the father's request, the child was named George 
Augustus Frederick, as a mark of respect to his Majesty. 



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CHAP. XIV. 

On Monday, the 26th of August, his Majesty paid a 
private visit to the Palace of Holyrood, for the purpose 
of inspecting its apartments. He arrived at the south 
entrance of the Palace at half past two o'clock, in a car- 
riage and four, accompanied by two noblemen ; four ser- 
vants on horseback followed the carriage as outriders, 
and two were seated behind the carriage. The King was 
dressed in a blue surtout and blue trowsers, boots, black 
neckloth, and round hat. All the servants of his Ma- 
jesty were in undress. 

Mr Mash, of the Lord Chamberlain's department, and 
his son, were in waiting to receive his Majesty. The 
former attended him from the south portico, by which he 
entered, till he reached the door of the King's private 
apartment, where his Majesty was received by the Duke 
of Hamilton, the keeper of the Palace, who conducted 
him from thence to the door of Queen Mary's apartments. 
It was the special order of his Majesty to Mr Mash, be- 
fore leaving London, that, in repairing the Palace, these 
apartments should be preserved sacred from every altera- 
tion. The housekeeper was now called, and informed by 
his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, that his Majesty wish- 
ed her to shew him the rooms, and to describe them in 
her usual manner. This injunction the good old woman 
obeyed to the very letter ; and her monotonous harangue 
seemed to afford great amusement to his Majesty. When 
the King was shewn the bed and blanket in which his 
progenitor, the ill-fated Mary, slept, he caught hold of 
the blanket, and remarked how wonderful it was, that it 
had been kept so long in a state of preservation. His 
Majesty continued his inspection for about fifty minutes, 
and expressed the gratification which he had derived from 
the appearance of the different apartments, and also from 
the housekeepers oral description of them. 

While the King was in the Palace, the Reverend 
George Tough, Minister of Ayton, had an opportunity 



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of putting into his hands a letter, requesting his Majesty's 
acceptance of an Orrery, upon an improved plan, con- 
structed by Mr Tough himself, — and also a Sermon ; and 
of explaining to his Majesty the movements of the Orrery, 
of which the King was pleased to express his most graci- 
admiration.* 

Before stepping into his carriage, his Majesty stood for 
some minutes in the portico; and, recollecting that he 
would not again have occasion to visit the Palace before 
his departure from Scotland, he turned round and bowed 
most graciously to those domestics of the Palace who were 
about him. After his Majesty was seated in his carriage, 
a lady, who resides in the immediate vicinity of Holyrood, 
advanced to the carriage window and curtsied, to whom 
his Majesty most condescendingly took off his hat and 
bowed. 



* The following is a copy of Mr Tough's letter : — 

Edinburgh, August 24, 1822. 

May it please your Majesty, 
As patron of science, most graciously to take under your pro- 
tection an orrery, which, while it aims at some little improvement, 
in point of appearance and correctness, above those commonly con- 
structed, will rather, perhaps, be an object of curiosity to your 
Majesty, on account of its being the workmanship of a Scottish 
clergyman, in a remote situation, during his leisure moments, by 
the help of rude implements. 

Condescend also, as guardian and promoter of the interests of 
religion, to honour with acceptance another humble production, 
more in the line of his profession, a sermon, preached on a late oc- 
casion, deeply affecting and interesting to your empire and the 
world at large, both by retrospect and anticipation. 

The freedom now assumed had often been contemplated, but 
never with the hope of its being tolerated, until your Majesty's 
paternal visit to your Scottish subjects has inspired us all with such 
confidence and affection as to encourage even an humble individual 
thus to approach your sacred person. 

May it please your Majesty, 
Your Majesty's most devoted and dutiful servant 
and subject, 

GEO. TOUGH, 
Minister of Ayton, Berwickshire. 
To his Majesty the King. 

For a description of the orrery, see Edinburgh Philosophical 
Journal, No II. 



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The King then returned to Dalkeith-house in the same 
private manner in which he had come to the Palace. 

The housekeeper at Holy rood received a handsome dona- 
tion from his Majesty by the hands of one of his attendants. 
The amount she affects to consider one of the mysteries 
of the place, which ought not to be revealed during the 
King's lifetime at least ; but fame has reported, what 
we understand to be true, that it was not less than ten 
sovereigns. 

The generous sympathy which it is known his Majesty 
entertains for the misfortunes of the House of Stuart, he 
has often evinced, not only by various acts of munificence, 
but by the esteem which he places upon every relic of that 
illustrious family. Of such relics the King has a consider- 
able collection ; to which, during his stay in Scotland, he 
made an important addition. His Majesty, before he 
came to ^Scotland, had wished to obtain a dirk that had 
belonged to the Chevalier ; but the chieftain, in whose 
possession it was, declined to part with it. A lady in 
Edinburgh, who is in possession of no small number of 
Jacobite relics, and who had presented Prince Leopold, 
when in Edinburgh, with a ring that belonged to Queen 
Mary, when she came to know the circumstance, declared 
her intention to present a knife, fork, and spoon, which 
had belonged to the Chevalier, to his Majesty, upon his 
visiting Scotland. These relics were placed in the hands of 
Sir Walter Scott, to be presented by him along with the 
gift of the Sisters of the Silver Cross. The King receiv- 
ed them most graciously, and desired his warmest thanks 
to be conveyed to the lady, with the expressions of his 
regard for every remembrance of the " unfortunate Che- 
valier,'" as he called him. At the drawing-room and the 
ball, the King took particular notice of the lady, and al- 
ways speaks of her present in a manner which shews his 
esteem for the donor, and the high value he sets on the 

gift. 

The knife, fork, and spoon, are of the finest silver, — 
their handles are richly embossed with the thistle, and 
the ends of them are adorned with the rose. The letters 
C. S. are shortly and conspicuously marked on them. 
They were manufactured in Holland, and consequently 



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are impressed with the Dutch plate-starnp. They were 
contained in an old case, which the lady intended to have 
replaced with a modern one of Morocco leather, but his 
Majesty's good taste preferred their ancient cover.* 

In the evening, a grand ball was given to his Majesty, 
in the Assembly Rooms, by the Caledonian Hunt, of 
which institution his Majesty had previously condescended 
to become the patron. The fitting up of the rooms was 
nearly of the same magnificent description as on the occa- 
sion of the Peers 1 ball. The only material difference was, 
that the flowers were removed from the saloon, and the 
columns and walls were fluted with buff-coloured calico, 

* The interest which his Majesty takes in whatever relates to the 
Stuart family, has been strangely misrepresented by some who have 
been labouring of late, velis et remis, to revive the spirit of Jacobitism 
in this country. These persons would persuade the public, that a 
feeling, which is so easily explained by the ties of blood, and the 
generous disposition of his Majesty, proceeds from some conviction 
of the indefeasible right of the Stuarts to the crown of Britain. It 
is impossible to conceive a grosser libel upon the understanding of 
his Majesty, than to represent him 3s believing, contrary to 
his own professions, and the uniform tenor of ais life,, .those prin- 
ciples to be spurious which seated his illustrious family upon the 
throne. The attempt to abuse the public mind on this subject can 
only provoke scorn ; for the constitutional principles of his Majesty 
are too well known to be brought under suspicion. It is a matter, 
however, of no small concern, that there should be persons so for- 
getful of the benefits derived by the country from the Hanoverian 
succession, as to make an open profession of principles in direct op- 
position to it. Had the nation, in consequence of the new securi- 
ty which it obtained for its liberties, declined in prosperity, in- 
stead of having advanced to a state of unexampled greatness ; — had 
it become the prey of discord and intestine commotions, in place of 
having enjoyed, for more than a century, almost uninterrupted do- 
mestic tranquillity, and the blessings which flow from an equitable 
administration of the laws, there might have been some reason for 
admiring that period of our history when our monarchs were the 
pensioners of France and Rome ; — when men were persecuted for 
conscience- sake; — and every public right was most shamefully tramp- 
led upon. The attachment which was entertained by many for the 
Stuarts, originating in a sense of duty superior to every selfish con- 
sideration, was at least manly and generous. But since the family 
is extinct, the attempt to bring into fashion those maxims of govern- 
ment which conducted them to their ruin ; which even some, and 
these the most sensible, of their own partisans, have loudly con- 
demned, appears to be something worse than folly. 



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interspersed with stripes of blue and rosettes of the same 
colour. In the large ball-room, handsome sofas, covered 
with crimson and gold-coloured lace, and chairs of a si- 
milar description, were placed at convenient distances, for 
the use of his Majesty. 

The portico in front of the rooms was elegantly and 
tastefully illuminated with variegated lamps, and the en- 
trance at which his Majesty alighted was also illumi- 
nated in the same manner. 

Long before his Majesty's arrival from Dalkeith, crowds 
of people had assembled in Clerk Street, Nicolson Street, 
South and North Bridge Street, Prince's Street, and 
George Street, to obtain a view of his Majesty as he 
passed ; and mounted dragoons were stationed along the 
whole line, in the same manner as on the night of the 
Peers 1 ball. 

His Majesty arrived at half past nine, in his private 
carriage, attended by the Duke of Dorset and Lord 
Graves, and escorted by a detachment of the Scots Greys. 

The shouts of the people announced the arrival of the 
King. Several noblemen received his Majesty at the 
entrance hall, where the Marquis of Winchester and Lord 
Charles Bentinck joined his suite. 

His Majesty wore his uniform as colonel of the Guards, 
with the St Andrew's cross on his hat, and a number of 
decorations on his breast. On entering the grand saloon, 
he was received by the company with every mark of 
attention and respect. His Majesty bowed and smiled 
graciously to all around him, and shook hands with the 
Duke of Argyll and Earl of Lauderdale ; and the Marquis 
of Queensberry lighted his Majesty to the door of the 
ball-room. 

In a few minutes dancing commenced. His Majesty 
had previously stipulated with the nobleman who had the 
honour of conveying the invitation by the Hunt, for an 
abundance of Scots reels and strathspeys. " I dislike/' 
said his Majesty, " seeing any thing in Scotland that is 
not purely national and characteristic."* The first reel 

* The King expressed himself to the same nobleman in a way 
that showed how well pleased he was with the whole arrangements, 
and the respect to his person which was implied in them. 



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danced was to the air of Brechin Castle. His Majesty was 
particularly pleased with the second set, and clapped his 
hands in token of his approbation. A number of qua- 
drilles were danced in the second ball-room. 

His Majesty conversed, in the course of the evening, 
with the Earl of Lauderdale and Viscount Melville, as 
also with the Duchess of Argyll, Mrs Balfour of Balbir- 
nie, and other ladies who were near him. 

The company consisted of a great number of the peer- 
age, and many of the principal landed proprietors of 
Scotland ; besides many officers of every rank in the 
army and navy, several of whom were distinguished by 
the insignia of different orders, and still more by honour- 
able scars which they had received in their country's 
service. There were also many literary gentlemen pre- 
sent. The dresses of the ladies were more varied and 
fanciful than at the Peers' ball. Blue was much worn ; 
and, as on the previous occasion, there was a great profu- 
sion of feathers. 

The members of the Hunt wore a new uniform, which 
had been suggested by his Majesty a few days before, — 
very elegant and much admired. 

The scene altogether was one of uncommon animation 
and splendour ; and none contributed more to the hilarity 
of the company than his Majesty, who was in excellent 
spirits, and whose whole deportment was most affable, 
gracious, and condescending. 

The King left the assembly at eleven o'clock, bowing 
to all as he retired, — the band playing " God save the 
King." His Majesty was again most loudly cheered by 
the great multitude who had assembled at the door, and 
proceeded in his carriage to Dalkeith, attended and es- 
corted in the same manner as upon his coming to the ball. 

About half an hour after his Majesty retired, country 
dances commenced, which were kept up with great spirit, 
by the more vigorous of the company, until nearly seven 
o'clock in the morning. 

The refectory was admirably supplied with the richest 
delicacies ; and, in noticing the excellence of the music, 
we have only to say that the band was Gow's. 



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CHAI\ XV. 

His Majesty having been graciously pleased to patronize 
the great national undertaking of a Monument to be 
erected on the Calton-hill, upon the model of the cele- 
brated Parthenon, and consecrated to the Deity, in testi- 
mony of a nation's gratitude for the signal successes of 
the British arms during the late war, and in commemo- 
ration of the valour of our countrymen engaged in the 
eventful contest, it was arranged, that the foundation- 
stone of the edifice should be laid upon Tuesday, the 
27th of August, by commissioners representing his 
Majesty, and with all the honours of masonry. 

At twelve o'clock, the different lodges of free-masons, 
who had previously assembled in their respective lodge- 
rooms, arrived in the Parliament Square. The master of 
each lodge then left his brethren in charge of his depute, 
and proceeded, accompanied bv his wardens, to meet and 
pay his respects to the Grand Master. The Grand 
Lodge was opened bv the Substitute Grand Master, at 
one o'clock, in the Signet Hall ; the First Division of the 
Court of Session, where, it was notified, the members 
were to meet, being still occupied, in consequence of the 
civic banquet. The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, 
Grand Master Mason of Scotland, was then introduced 
and sworn into office ; and the masters of lodges and 
their proxies and wardens having left the Hall, the 
brethren were marshalled in the Parliament Square. 

When the proxies and lodges had taken their proper 
places, they were preceded by the Grand Lodge, consist- 
ing of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, 
Grand Master; the Duke of Argyll, Grand Master Elect ; 
the Earl of Rosslyn, officiating as Past Grand Master ; 
William Inglis, Esq., Substitute Grand Master; J. A. 
Maconoehie, Esq., Senior Grand Warden ; the Hon. Gen. 
Duff, acting as Junior Grand Warden ; John Hay, Esq., 
younger of Smithfleld and Hayston, acting for Sir John 
Hay, Bart., Grand Treasurer; Alexander Lawrie, Esq. 



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Secretary ; James Bartram, Esq. Clerk ; John Maitland, 
Assistant; the Rev. Dr John Lee, Chaplain; William 
Cunningham, Jeweller ; and Archibald Paterson, Bible- 
bearer. The Grand Lodge was also attended by Sir John 
Marjoribanks,Bart., late Grand Master, and the following 
provincial Grand Masters : — Alexander Hamilton, Esq. 
of Grange, Ayrshire ; Sir Patrick Murray, Bart., Perth- 
shire; John Maxwell, Esq., younger of Pollock, M.P. Un- 
der Ward of Lanarkshire ; Lord Archibald Hamilton, 
Middle Ward ; Thomas Graham Stirling, Esq. of Airth, 
Stirlingshire ; Ronald MacDonald, Esq. of Staffa, Argyll- 
shire; William Miller, Esq., Dumfries-shire; and by 
Sir David Moncrieffe, Bart. ; Thomas Legh, Esq. M.P. ; 
Governor Mair, Fort George ; Colonel Stewart of Garth ; 
Major Belches, &c. &c. 

The whole moved off from the Parliament Square 
exactly at two o'clock, and proceeded down the High 
Street, across the North Bridge, and along the Regent 
Bridge. 

The procession was guarded by parties of the Scots 
Greys and the 3d Dragoons, and a party of infantry, who 
were attended by their bands. There was an immense 
concourse of most respectable brethren, there being pre- 
sent, besides almost the whole proxies and Edinburgh 
lodges, deputations from a great many country lodges. 

At the Waterloo Hotel, the procession was joined and 
preceded by, 

1st, The Lord Provost and Magistrates in their robes, 
preceded by the city officers, city mace and sword, and 
attended by the High Constables. 

2d, The noblemen composing his Majesty's High Com- 
mission, with their attendants. And, 

3d, The noblemen and gentlemen composing the Com- 
mittee of Subscribers to the National Monument. 

The day was remarkably favourable ; and the streets, 
along the line of the procession, were crowded by well- 
dressed people. The multitude assembled on the Cal ton- 
hill was prodigious. Every spot on the side of the hill, 
which afforded a resting place to the foot, was occupied ; 
and no part of it was to be observed but cliffs, whose 
rugged and barren front, which had defied the storm for 



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ages, appeared in singular contrast with the gay ephemeral 
assemblage who thronged upon and around them. 

The view of the procession from the hill was really 
sublime. The different lodges, distinguished by their 
appropriate insignia,* and each preceded by a band 
of music, independently of every feeling connected with 
the mysteries of the craft, had a most impressive effect. 
As the procession ascended the hill, in a slow measured 
pace, one was reminded of those pious celebrations upon 
the Holy Mount, which are so sublimely described in 
the sacred writings. 

The procession advanced round the south side of the 
Calton-hill ; and when it arrived at the site of the stone, 
which is on the summit of the Calton-hill, and a little to 
the north of Lord Nelson's Monument, the Royal Com- 
missioners, with the Magistrates and committee of contri- 
butors, ascended a platform erected on the west side of 
the site; and the Duke of Hamilton and the other office- 
bearers, and the Provincial Grand Masters and Wardens, 
with the gentlemen attending the Grand Master, entered 
a platform erected on the opposite side ; the Proxy Mas- 
ters and their Wardens, and the lodges, arranging them- 
selves around the platforms and site; the band, in the 
meantime, playing " God save the King." 

A bed had been previously prepared near the centre of 
the south wall of the proposed building, -f- consisting of 
three very large stones, batted together with iron and lead. 
The foundation-stone measured 7 feet 8 inches square, 



* Among the various emblematical insignia borne by the different 
lodges, the Stirling Ancient Lodge attracted particular attention, 
whose Tyler, a little man, dressed in the garb of Old Gaul, carried 
a double-handed sword of great magnitude and length. It may be 
gratifying to learn, that this ponderous weapon was actually found 
in the field of Bannockburn about a century ago, and has been pre- 
served as a precious relic by this very ancient lodge, whose original 
charter was granted by King David of pious memory. 

The deputation from the Lodge of Dunbar Castle was preceded 
by the famous piper of the clan Mackenzie, whose manly and 
genteel appearance had attracted so much attention, that the King 
commanded his likeness to be taken. 

•f The building is to be about 228 feet long and 102 broad. 



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by 15 inches thick, and is about six tons in weight. The 
ground about the foundation-stone was protected by the 
Constables. 

The Grand Master addressed the Commissioners, stating, 
that the Grand Lodge had attended on this occasion, at the 
desire of his Majesty, to lay the foundation-stone of the Na- 
tional Monument ; whereupon 

The Duke of Atholl said, his Majesty had executed a com- 
mission in behalf of the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of 
Atholl, the Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Hopetoun, Earl of 
Elgin, Viscount Melville, and Lord Lynedoch ; and that 
he was sorry to be obliged to apologize for the absence of 
the Duke of Montrose, Earl of Hopetoun, and Viscount 
Melville, who were unavoidably detained. In execution of 
that commission, he craved the assistance of the Most Wor- 
shipful Grand Master, R. W. Grand Master Elect, Past Grand 
Master, the Grand Wardens and Brethren of the Grand 
Lodge of Scotland, towards laying the foundation-stone of 
the National Monument, to remain to future ages a monu- 
ment to the memory of those brave men who had shed their 
blood in the service of their country. 

The Duke of Hamilton, then addressing the brethren, 
said, that having received his Majesty's commands, it was 
their duty to proceed with the work. The band played 
{ ' Hail, Masonry ;" after which the Reverend Dr Lee, the 
Grand Chaplain,* offered up a prayer in nearly the follow- 
ing words : — 

" Who would not fear thee, O King of nations, whose 
strength is in the clouds, and whose most excellent glory is 
above the sky, whose supreme and irresistible sway is ex- 
tended over all the divisions of space, establishing the thrones 
of earthly potentates, and holding in perpetual subjection the 
innumerable principalities and armies of heaven. We re- 
joice, O God, in the assurance, that though, in this fluctuat- 
ing scene, all things seem to happen alike unto all, — though 
the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the 
strong ; yet, amidst the unceasing vicissitudes of time and 



* Those who peruse the following sublime prayer will agree with 
us, . that the Grand Lodge have good reason to be proud of having 
for their chaplain a gentleman so highly gifted, and such an accom- 
plished scholar, as Dr Lee. 



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chance, the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, the measures 
of whose sovereign administration, however obscure to our 
weak apprehensions, are universally productive of the most 
salutary ends, turning the shadow of death into the morning, 
bringing peace out of disorder, and good out of evil, causing 
the wrath of man to praise the Lord, and rendering all ter- 
restrial events subservient to the advancement of the ever- 
lasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

( ' While we confide in the wisdom, equity, and benignity of 
that dominion of thine which ruleth over all, it is our heart's 
desire, O God, to perpetuate the remembrance of the un- 
numbered instances in which thou hast been favourable to 
our beloved land; and it is our earnest prayer, that thou 
mayest graciously accept the tribute which we now render 
to thee, the Lord of hosts, who, in the days of spoiling and 
scattering of nations, wast pleased to make thyself known as 
our light and our salvation, as our help and our shield, as 
our refuge from the storm of civil commotion, and our shel- 
ter from the aggressions of foreign hostility. We pray, that 
the light of thy countenance may shine on this edifice, which, 
in the presence of the representatives of our king, our nobles, 
the chiefs of our tribes, and the thousands of our land, we 
now begin to rear, not as a monument of national pride, but 
as a memorial of thy mighty and marvellous interposition, in 
frustrating the devices of our enemies, and commanding de- 
liverances for thy people, — in giving strength and courage to 
our warriors, and victory to our arms, — in] maintaining the 
prosperity "of our commerce, the lustre of our sovereign's 
crown, and the stability of that matchless constitution which 
has been the admiration of ages. Not unto us, O Lord, but 
unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and truth's sake ; 
and grant, that when our children in time to come shall 
walk about our city, and go round her high places, number- 
ing the towers thereof, marking well her bulwarks, and con- 
sidering her palaces, they may think of thy loving kindness 
in the midst of this temple, and tell thy wonders to the ge- 
neration following, that they also may set their hope in thee, 
and may be a people saved of the Lord ; while exercising 
that precious faith which overcometh the world, cultivating 
that wisdom which is better than weapons of war, putting 
on the breastplate of righteousness, arraying themselves in 
the armour of light, and setting their seal to the recorded 
experience of their progenitors, that the people who know 
thy name are strong and do exploits, they shall seek the good 
of their country, not only for their brethren and compa- 
nions' sakes, but for the sepulchres of their heroic fathers, 



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the throne of their anointed monarch, and the altars of the 
living God. 

" And now, O God, we pray that thou mayest shower down 
thy choicest mercies on our sovereign lord the king ; that, 
being adorned with every royal attribute, and enriched with 
every Christian grace, he may be enthroned in the hearts of 
his subjects, and that all the acts of his government may 
promote thy glory, and the general welfare of the vast fami- 
ly of God. Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion ; make 
all the places about thine hill a blessing ; raise up the inte- 
rests of thy church on the Rock of ages, against which the 
gates of hell shall never prevail. May our city be conse- 
crated as a habitation of justice, and a mountain of holiness ; 
and though this house which we build to thine honour shall 
decay, though all the glory and goodliness of human art shall 
fade, O let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory 
unto their children ; and let thy name be magnified, and thy 
mercy built up for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen." 

The Grand Master now directed the Grand Treasurer and 
Secretary to place in the cavities of the stone bottles hermeti- 
cally sealed, containing the coins, newspapers, &c. of the pre- 
sent day, and the inscription-plates, one of which was as fol- 
lows: 

et TQ 

the glory of God, 

in 

honour of the King, 

for 

the good of the people, 

this Monument, 

the tribute of a grateful country 

to 
her gallant and illustrious sons, 
as 
a memorial of the past, and incentive 
to the future, heroism of 
the men of Scotland, 
was founded on the 27th day of August, in the year of our 
Lord 1822, and in the third year of the glorious reign of 
George IV., under his immediate auspices, and in comme- 
moration of his most gracious and welcome visit to his ancient 
capital, and the Palace of his royal ancestors, John Duke of 
Atholl, James Duke of Montrose, Archibald John Earl of 
Rosebery, John Earl of Hopetoun, Robert Viscount Mel- 
ville, and Thomas Lord Lynedoch, officiating as commission- 



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ers in name and behalf, and by special appointment of his 
august Majesty, the patron of the undertaking.* — The cele- 
brated Parthenon of Athens being the model of the edifice." 

The other inscription-plates contained the names of the 
present Magistrates of Edinburgh, and of the Office-bearers 
of the Grand Lodge. 

The bottles and plates having been placed in their proper 
situations, the foundation-stone was raised by a crane, and 
lowered down into its proper position, the band playing 
" Great light will shine." The Grand Master then walked 
down from the table on the platform to the stone, with the 
Substitute on his right hand, and preceded by the Wardens. 
The Senior Grand Warden then applied the square, the Juni- 
or Warden the plumb-line, and the Substitute Grand Master 
the level ; and having gone through the other usual solem- 
nities, the Grand Master gave the stone three knocks with a 
mallet, and craved the following benediction on the work : — 
" May the Almighty Architect of the Universe look down 
with benignity upon our present undertaking, and crown 
this splendid edifice with every success ; and may it be con- 
sidered for time immemorial a model of taste and genius, 
and serve to transmit, with honour to posterity, the names of 
the artists engaged in it." — {Three cheers.) 

The Grand Master then received from the Substitute, a cor- 
nucopia containing corn, and two cups containing wine and 
oil; and having poured them upon the stone, said, " Praise 
be to the Lord immortal and eternal, who formed the heavens, 
laid the foundations of the earth, and extended the waters 
beyond it; who supports the pillars of nations, and maintains 
in order and harmony surrounding worlds. We implore thy 
aid, and may the continued blessings of an all-bounteous 
Providence be the lot of these our native shores; and may the 
Almighty Ruler of events deign to direct the hand of our 
gracious Sovereign, so that he may pour down blessings upon 
his people ; and may his people, living under sage laws, in a 
free Government, ever feel grateful for the blessings they en- 
joy." — (Loud cheering.) — And a signal gun having been fired 
from the Calton-hill, salutes were immediately fired from the 
guns on the Castle, Salisbury Crags, Leith Fort, and the ships 
in Leith Roads. — (Masons' anthem.) 

The Duke of Hamilton, and the Substitute and Wardens, 
having resumed their places at the table on the platform, his 
Grace spoke as follows : — 



* Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine was added by his Majes- 
ty to the commission after the plates were engraved. 



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" However much I may feel gratified by the flattering si- 
tuation I have the honour to hold as Grand Master Mason of 
Scotland, I am at a loss how to express myself in language 
adequate to the occasion. When I look around me, I find, in 
the highly-distinguished individuals and numerous bodies 
that are now present, new reasons for congratulating my 
brother masons and myself, and of hailing the arrival of this 
day — a memorable day, in which we are engaged in laying 
the foundation of an edifice, similar to one raised at Athens in 
the pure age of Grecian refinement. Long has that Grecian 
edifice been the object of universal admiration, and, until 
now, had survived the vicissitudes of fortune, and arrested 
even the unhallowed hands of Barbarian conquerors. Worthy 
is it of Scotsmen to imitate such a model. The sons of 
Caledonia, warlike in themselves, have ever possessed the 
patriotic valour of the ancient Greeks. Having rivalled them 
in the field, let them now emulate their eminence in the arts ; 
and let this monument, consecrated to perpetuate the gallant 
deeds of their brethren who have fought and bled in their 
country's cause, be worthy to become the model of Scottish 
taste. The site selected is fortunate. We are now upon hal- 
lowed ground, already devoted to a patriotic purpose, and to 
patriotic recollections. — There stands before us, the bright but 
melancholy memorial of our illustrious hero of Trafalgar, 
who, when falling in his country's cause, called upon his com- 
panions in arms to do their duty ; nor did he call in vain. 
Every heart beat in unison in the common cause of that me- 
morable day. He gave to England a novel wreath of glory, 
and died, as he had lived, in the arms of victory. 

" At this moment, and on this spot, many gallant deeds of 
arms could be told of our heroic countrymen, — of those who 
have fallen in the field, and of those who stand here to grace 
this ceremony, competent alike to defend and honour their 
country. It is highly gratifying to behold that the work we 
are now engaged in is countenanced by the King, through 
the medium of his high Commissioners, supported by many 
of the noblemen and most distinguished individuals of the 
country, upheld by the magistracy of this great city, and 
commenced under the auspices of my respectable brethren 
around me. That his Majesty, our patron, should hold forth 
a fostering hand to his brother masons, and encourage them 
in what is beneficial to mankind, at once manifests his care 
for his people and his attachment to the craft. We are most 
grateful to him for his royal commands, made known to us 
through the medium of the distinguished Commissioners who 
represent his royal person. I consider it as a fortunate event 
his coming to this his kingdom of Scotland. When his roya 



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person landed upon our shores, it was an auspicious day for 
this country, not merely because he beheld the beauties and 
improvements of this great city and surrounding country, — 
not merely because he has witnessed the exultation of a well- 
regulated and intellectual people, nor merely because he had 
an opportunity of showing his benignity and kindness to all 
his subjects, — I look to objects of national importance and 
even of greater weight and consequence. I consider it as an 
auspicious day, because it placed him, as it were, in contact 
with the Scottish people ; it enabled him to examine, by per- 
sonal communication, into their characters and feelings j it 
enabled him to inquire into the state of this country, to in- 
form himself of our wants and distresses, to relieve them 
where they exist, to maintain and preserve our eminent com- 
forts and advantages. I say it was an auspicious day for 
Sovereign and subject, inasmuch as it opened a new scene of 
glory to a constitutional King, and offered a new promise of 
prosperity to an affectionate people. 

" I feel rejoiced at being upon this occasion placed at the 
head of our ancient and venerable institution of masonry ; and 
happy am I, however inadequate to the task, to address also 
the worthy Lord Provost and Magistrates of this city : no 
one can behold the embellishments made in it without com- 
plimenting them upon their taste and exertions, as it must 
have been the result of constant attention and judicious plans 
to have produced changes so beneficial, convenient, and or- 
namental. These improvements are the source of pride to 
every Scotsman, the source of wonder and admiration to 
every stranger. 

" When I perceive myself surrounded by friends and 
brethren whose high qualities render them dear in social life, 
and valuable to our august fraternity, I congratulate myself 
and the craft. Occasions like the present remind us of the 
origin of our order. The mysterious ceremonies of our art 
teach us, that we are associated for the improvement of archi- 
tecture and the benefit of social man. Happy am I to Co- 
operate in these duties with my brother masons on this so- 
lemn ceremony, so truly genial to the spirit of the craft. I 
am proud to see by my side (and I congratulate my brother 
masons upon it) the Grand Master Elect of Scotland. Breth- 
ren and Scotsmen, when such names, and others around me, 
present themselves to you, there is no one who does not re- 
cur to the bright pages of Scottish history, where they find 
them signalized by feats of renown and glory, which they 
read and admire, and anticipate in their sons the continuance 
of the patriotic virtues of their progenitors. 



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" Before I conclude,, I must beg now to offer my thanks 
to the different masters, wardens, officers, and brethren, for 
their numerous attendance upon this solemn occasion. Hav- 
ing concluded the duty of the day, let them return home ; 
and, animated with new zeal for the spirit of masonry, let 
them encourage, in their respective situations, the sacred and 
mysterious ceremonies of our august institution, formed, in 
due humility, upon the basis of true and genuine philanthro- 
py, — let them promote, with industry, the practice of love 
and charity. As the great Architect of our universe is the 
Creator of all that is good or great, so be you the instruments 
and ministers of his will, continuing to teach and encourage 
the virtue of fraternal affection." 

His Grace the Duke of Atholl having, in the King's name, 
returned thanks to his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, Acting 
Grand Master under his Majesty of the Grand Lodge of Scot- 
land, to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, Master Elect, to the 
Grand Wardens, to the Provincial Grand Masters, and wor- 
shipful brethren, for having so ably performed their masonic 
duties on this important and interesting occasion, said, that 
they could not conclude better than by reading the preamble 
of the act under which they, the Commissioners appointed 
by his most gracious Majesty, the patron of the undertaking, 
to represent his sacred person, had now officiated : — " Where- 
as it is expedient, that a Monument should be erected in 
Scotland, in testimony of national gratitude to Almighty 
God, for the signal successes of the British arms, by sea and 
land, in the late eventful war ; to perpetuate the memory of 
those brave men, whose exertions contributed to the glorious 
result of that arduous and momentous contest, and to act as 
an incentive to others hereafter to emulate their example, in 
maintaining the honour and promoting the welfare of their 
country." 

(t This national tribute of gratitude to our gallant country- 
men has," continued his Grace, ' c been commenced under the 
most peculiarly auspicious circumstances. 

" The ground was broken on the anniversary of his most 
gracious Majesty's birth ; and the foundation laid by us, the 
Commissioners, acting in the name and on the behalf of his 
Majesty, on the anniversary of the day when Christian sla- 
very was abolished, when the captive's bonds were broken, 
and the prisoner set free by British valour under the walls of 
Algiers, thus gloriously terminating the achievements of our 
gallant countrymen." 

The Grand Master ordered the band to play " Rule Bri- 
tannia." 



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The ceremony being concluded, the procession left the 
ground in reverse order, the junior lodge walking first; — when 
it arrived at the Waterloo Hotel, the whole brethren halted, 
and having opened to the right and left within the military, 
and being uncovered, the High Commissioners, the Commit- 
tee, Lord Provost and Magistrates, Sheriff, and High Con- 
stables, passed between the lines, and returned to the Water- 
loo Hotel. The lodges then resumed their position of close 
order, and proceeded to Freemasons' Hall. When the ju- 
nior lodge arrived there, the brethren again halted, opened 
to the right and left, and stood uncovered, till the Grand 
Master, Office-bearers, and attendants passed through the 
lines to the Hall, where they were followed by the masters, 
proxy-masters, and their wardens, the lodges being left in 
charge of the depute-masters. 

Before proceeding to close the Grand Lodge, the Duke of 
Hamilton again expressed his warmest thanks to his noble 
friends, and to the brethren in general, for their attendance. 
His grace stated, that he had frequently lamented, that, from 
particular circumstances, he had not had it in his power to 
meet the brethren since his appointment to this grand ma- 
sonic chair, though it was well known to many in the room, 
that he had been most desirous to have an opportunity of 
communicating masonically with his brethren ; and he as- 
sured them, that, if within the compass of possibility, he 
would gladly have another meeting before his departure from 
Scotland. 

His Grace concluded by stating, that he had muoh at 
heart the establishment of a masonic charity school, for the 
children of those brethren who required such aid ; and thus 
following the glorious example of our sister Grand Lodge of 
England. His Grace most strenuously recommended this 
institution to the lodges, and pledged himself to give, in his 
own person, every assistance to the measure. 

The Grand Lodge was then closed, and the brethren se- 
parated. 

The following report was, on the same day, transmitted 
by his Majesty's High Commissioners to the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department.* 



* As the masonic procession was about to commence, Robert 
Russell of Newcastle accomplished the most astonishing feat of 
walking 102 miles in 24 successive hours ! He started on Monday 
at 15 minutes past one o'clock, r. m., and finished his undertaking 



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Edinburgh, August 27, 1822. 
Sir, — We beg leave to report for his Majesty's informa- 
tion, that the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Hopetoun, and 
Lord Viscount Melville, not being able, from unavoidable 
circumstances, to be present, we the undersigned, appointed, 
in conjunction with the above-named noblemen, to represent 
his Majesty, on the occasion of laying the foundation-stone 
of the National Monument to be erected on the Calton-hill, 
in commemoration of the victories of the late war, having 
called for the assistance of the Grand Master, the Grand 
and the other masonic lodges of Scotland, the ceremony was 
performed this day at three o'clock, p. m., with all due so- 
lemnity, under a royal salute from the Castle of Edinburgh, 
the battery of Salisbury Crags, and his Majesty's ships in 
Leith Roads, and amid the acclamations of an immense con- 
course of spectators. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient and very humble Servants, 
(Signed) Atholl. 

Elgin & Kincardine, 
rosebery. 
Lynedoch. 
To the Right Honourable Robert Peel. 



within 13 minutes of the time. The ground, which was the eighth 
part of a mile in length, was measured ofFbetween the Greatand the 
Little Mounds in the North Loch. The man was afterwards placed 
in a coach, and drawn in triumph through the streets by the popu- 
lace. It does not appear, that he received any other recompense 
at all adequate to his Herculean labour. The people of Edinburgh 
probably view performances of this kind in much the same light 
that Philip of Macedon did that of the man who shot pease, with 
astonishing precision, through a small hole at some distance from 
him. Philip viewed the exhibition, and rewarded the performer 
with a bushel of pease ! 



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CHAP. XVI. 

On the same day, Tuesday, his Majesty honoured Lord 
Viscount Melville by visiting him at his noble mansion. 
His Majesty arrived at Melville Castle about twenty 
minutes before three o'clock, in a coach and four, attend- 
ed by the Duke of Dorset, Lord Graves, and Lord 
Francis Conyngham. Others of the King's suite also 
accompanied him in another carriage and four. 

The Mid-Lothian cavalry, by the special command of 
his Majesty, who had expressed to Viscount Melville, their 
colonel, his wish again to see this well-disciplined regi- 
ment, were assembled, and drawn up in line on the lawn, 
close to the house, under the command of their lieuten- 
ant-colonel, Sir John Hope, Bart. As his Majesty passed, 
the regiment saluted him. 

Viscount Melville received the King at the entrance 
door, and conducted him through the entrance hall, when 
his Majesty, observing his Lordship in his yeomanry 
dress, said to him, " Melville, this is a new character I 
see you in to-day." In passing the staircase, his Majesty 
expressed his admiration of its lofty and magnificent ap- 
pearance. His Majesty was conducted into the library, 
where he received a deputation from the Caledonian Hunt, 
consisting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., Preses, the 
Marquis of Tweeddale, and Sir David Hunter Blair, 
Bart. They had the honour of presenting to the King 
a book, elegantly bound, containing a list of the members, 
and the rules of the Caledonian Hunt, which was most 
graciously received by his Majesty. The King was then 
conducted into the drawing-room, where a numerous 
company were assembled. Among these were, the Earl 
of Lauderdale, Lord and Lady Abercrombie, Lord 
Rawdon, son of the Marquis of Hastings, the Right Ho- 
nourable Mr and Mrs Peel, the Lord Chief Commissioner 
Adam, the Right Honourable William Dundas and Mrs 
Dundas, Sir George and Lady Clerk, Sir John Hope, 
and Sir Walter Scott. 

His Majesty continued in conversation with Lord and 
Lady Melville, and the rest of the company, for about an 



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hour and a half. He was then conducted to the dining- 
room, where a most elegant refection was prepared, con- 
sisting of pastry, ices, fruits, &c, and a great variety of 
the choicest wines. The King expressed himself highly 
gratified with the splendour of the preparations, but de- 
clined partaking. About half-past four, he left Melville 
Castle for Dalkeith-house. 

About thirty distinguished personages then sat down 
and partook of the collation which had been prepared ; 
all of whom were highly delighted with the affability and 
condescension which were so conspicuous in his Majesty's 
manner. 

The hospitality of the noble Viscount was still farther 
displayed in an entertainment, consisting of cold meats, 
and an abundance of wines, given, in an adjoining house, 
to the Mid-Lothian Yeomanry. After their departure, 
Viscount Mellville gave orders to admit the peasantry on 
his estate, who had a hearty feast upon the remains. The 
reversion, by his Lordship's orders, was served out to the 
poor in the neighbourhood. 

Mr Auld, of Ayr, this day presented to the King, 
through the medium of the Right Hon. the Lord Justice 
Clerk, a splendid library-chair, formed out of the remains 
of the oaken rafters of Kirk Alio way, which his Majesty 
was pleased to receive most graciously. The general de- 
sign of this valuable chair is after the manner of the en- 
riched Gothic. On the front part of the back are formed 
four compartments, terminating in pointed arches, and 
surrounded with appropriate carvings, executed in a style 
of uncommon boldness and beauty. In these are placed 
as many tablets of polished brass, having inscribed on 
them, at full length, the well-known humorous and high- 
ly descriptive tale of " Tam o' Shanter ;" while, on the 
other side, is a clever painting by Steven, an able Ayr- 
shire artist, representing M heroic Tam," mounted on his 
grey mare Meg, and dashing onwards amidst the appalling 
horrors of the midnight storm — 

" Whiles haddin' fast his gude blue bonnet, 
Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet, 
Whiles glo wring roun' wi prudent cares, 
Lest bogles catch him unawares." 



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His Majesty, out of respect to the genius of our great 
national bard, has given orders that particular care shall 
be taken of this elegant gift, the workmanship of which 
reflects great credit upon our artists of the west. 



CHAP. XVII. 



The same day (Tuesday) his Majesty dined alone; 
and, after dinner, prepared to visit the Theatre. This 
was an event which all classes of the community had 
looked forward to with the most anxious anticipations. 
His Majesty was now to be brought into closer contact 
than he had yet been with his Scottish subjects ; and the 
indiscriminately collected multitude, with whom he was 
about to commingle, might be supposed best to represent 
the real tone and character of the national feeling. It is 
in large assemblies that such a feeling is most genuinely 
and effectively expressed. On these occasions, the most 
timid, by the contagion of example and the encourage- 
ment of support, acquire courage to avow their opinions ; 
reserve is banished ; the secret springs of the heart are 
unlocked, and, in full gush, sweep away every obstruc- 
tion which prudence or calculating selfishness may have 
set up as a rule of conduct. 

The people had seen their King hedged in by all the 
pomp and circumstance of his regal office. Their regards 
were now to be directed towards the man, divested of the 
ceremony and splendour of state, under circumstances 
the most favourable to the developement of character, 
when the mind is unbent and open to receive impres- 
sions from every surrounding object. The consideration, 
that in the individual they beheld their Monarch, could 
scarcely fail to exalt their enthusiasm ; but, by the same 
circumstance, they were led to appreciate, with greater 
exactness, the sterling worth of those personal qualities 
which had withstood the corrupting influence that too 
often arises from the possession of power. 



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It having been officially notified to Mr Murray, that 
his Majesty intended to honour the Theatre with his pre- 
sence on Tuesday evening, immediate preparations were 
made for his reception ; and after the performances on 
the previous night, the workmen commenced their 
operations, continuing them with unremitted exertion 
until twenty minutes before the time of opening the 
doors, when all was completed. To the spirited improve- 
ments which have been made upon the exterior of the 
Theatre, we believe all our fellow-citizens have done 
justice ; but as many of our readers may be unacquainted 
with those effected within the building, we have been at 
some pains in collecting the following information, for the 
accuracy of which we pledge ourselves. 

Early on Tuesday morning, a very handsome portico 
was erected over the King's entrance, the cast-iron pillars 
of which were let into sockets which had been previously 
made in the street to receive them ; and the whole was so 
ingeniously contrived as to be put up or taken down in a 
few minutes, though to appearance as solid as any other 
part of the building. Under the portico was laid a plat- 
form covered with crimson cloth : this led to a pair of 
large folding doors, also covered with crimson, which 
opened into what was formerly the old box-office, but 
which now, blazing as it was with the light of various 
lustres, girandoles, lamps, &c. reflected in every direction 
by immense pier glasses, produced an effect the brilliancy 
of which far surpassed the expectation of every one, and 
caused a jolly yeoman of the guard to exclaim, upon enter- 
ing the apartment, " Come, this beats Lunnhi yet." The 
room was hung with scarlet draperies, edged with gold- 
coloured fringe : it was also very handsomely carpeted, 
the centre being marked by a broad piece of crimson cloth. 
The adjoining room (the old fruit saloon) was furnished 
in a similar manner, with the exception of its having only 
one large pier glass, which, being placed exactly opposite 
to the grand entrance, reflected every thing that took 
place in both apartments. When his Majesty left his 
carriage, attended by his suite, the effect produced by 
this mirror was truly beautiful. Upon leaving the fruit 
saloon, a passage met the view, hung and carpeted with 



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scarlet cloth, at the termination of which, in a recess hung 
with drapery, was placed a large bronze statue on a black 
marble pedestal, bearing a very handsome lamp. At the 
end of the passage, on the right hand, was a small closet, 
leading at once into the royal box ; and on the left, a 
very handsome apartment had been fitted up as a retiring 
room for the principal officers of the suite. Both the 
retiring room and the closet were hung with scarlet, and 
lighted with very splendid lustres. There were only two 
steps throughout the whole way ; and the edges of these 
were ingeniously marked with two broad stripes of white 
silk upon a red ground, thereby preventing any possi- 
bility of an accident from their escaping his Majesty's 
view. 

At seven o'clock, the rooms and passages were lighted ; 
and shortly after, the yeomen of the guard marched into 
the apartments, and took their stations. 

At half past seven, Mr Mash, of the Lord Chamber- 
lain's office, arrived, and, after inspecting the different 
preparations, gave great praise to the elegance with which 
the rooms had been fitted up, and the extreme rapidity 
with which every thing had been executed. Mr Mash 
also entered the royal box, attended by Mr Murray ; 
and having fixed the situation of the chair, the manager 
laid the bill prepared for his Majesty on the velvet 
cushion in front of the box, and retired. This bill was 
particularly handsome, and attracted general attention. 
It was printed upon white satin, lined and bordered with 
crimson velvet, richly embroidered with gold. 

So early as one o'clock, several individuals had taken 
their stations at the pit and gallery doors ; and by two 
o'clock, their numbers had increased to about 200 at each 
entrance. About an hour afterwards, there were consi- 
derably more than the house could contain. From that 
time until six o'clock, when the doors were thrown open, 
it would be impossible to calculate the crowds which 
thronged and choked up every approach to the Theatre. 
The pressure was the more intolerable, from a heavy 
shower of rain, which, descending upon the highly-heated 
mass of human beings, was again evaporated in a cloud 
so thick and suffocating, that several gentlemen fainted, 

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and others relinquished the struggle which for hours they 
had been engaged in. It was soon found, that ingenuity, 
or strength, or proximity of situation, availed nothing. 
The immense crowd was acted upon at each end by the 
combined strength of those upon the outside, who, apply- 
ing their shoulders to the work, laboured as if in the act 
of removing a mountain. As one or other of these 
opposing powers prevailed, the crowd was propelled up- 
wards or downwards with wonderful velocity ; but their 
counteraction produced a still more singular effect. The 
centre of the multitude became, as it were, a vortex, in 
which hundreds were whirled about, scrambling and 
jostling and floundering, as if to escape destruction. 
Strange as it may appear, it was by these successive 
eddies that the fate of the great majority was determined. 
While, by their force, some who had stood for hours were 
whisked in a moment to the outside, and numbered with 
those who were hovering about the skirts of the crowd, 
to espy some opening where they might insert their 
elbows, others were carried within the door of the house, 
almost incredulous of their own good fortune. The situ- 
ation altogether was so eminently revolutionary, that per- 
sons at the extremity of the crowd had no reason to 
despair, while those upon the very threshold of the door 
could scarcely venture to hope. At one time, when, by 
a sudden swirl, we were thrown to the outside, we ob- 
served at a little distance a lady who had just recovered 
from a swoon; and such was the enthusiasm of her 
loyalty, that she persisted, though pale and almost life- 
less, in her attempts to gain admission. We were glad 
to see that she ultimately succeeded. 

At length a board was displayed at the door, announcing 
that the house was filled. Many were now observed to 
drop off, drenched with moisture, completely exhausted, 
and their whole attire in a state of the wildest disorder. 
They appeared as newly emerged from a vapour-bath ; 
and, gasping for breath, their wild and haggard appear- 
ance afforded no little amusement to a crowd which 
stood upon the North Bridge to survey the scene of con- 
fusion. Still a great multitude continued the siege, and 



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many were the contrivances employed to force or pro- 
cure admission. A stout, athletic Gael, — whose little 
finger would have been a grievous burden to some 
petit-maitres who stood beside him, determined to let 
them feel the weight of his loins ; and, mounting upon 
their shoulders, regardless of their groans, he scrambled 
over the heads of those in advance of him, till he came to 
the door, through the upper section of which he bolted 
with the agility of a harlequin. His example found many 
imitators, whose leap-frog experiments drew peals of 
laughter from the distant spectators. 

In the pit and galleries the audience were so closely 
wedged together, that it would have been found difficult 
to introduce between any two even the point of a sabre. 
It was astonishing to observe the patience, and even the 
good nature, with which the audience bore the extreme 
pressure. No one, indeed* could hope to better his situ- 
ation by any effort ; but the joy which was felt seemed 
completely to have absorbed every feeling of uneasiness. 
The boxes were filled with the rank, wealth, and beauty 
of Scotland. In this dazzling galaxy we observed the 
gallant Sir David Baird, Colonel Stewart of Garth, 
Glengarry, the Lord Provost, and Sir Walter Scott ; 
each of whom, as he entered, was greeted with loud accla- 
mations. 

During the two hours of suspense which the audience 
had to wait from the opening of the doors till the arrival 
of the King, the best spirit pervaded all parts of the 
house. The gods were in their best possible humour, and 
substituted melody for their usual thunders. Several hu- 
morous Scottish songs were given by them in tolerable 
style, and inspired the nether regions with merriment. 
They concluded with " Auld lang syne;" and its full 
and harmonious chorus, descending from the spheres, 
produced an effect not unworthy so celestial a choir. 

A £ew minutes before eight o'clock, the Dukes of Ar- 
gyll and Montrose, the Marquis of Winchester, Lords 
Glenlyon, Graves, and other distinguished noblemen, ar- 
rived. The Duke of Montrose, as Lord Chamberlain of 
the Household, surveyed the preparations, and highly 



275 

complimented the manager upon the liberality with which 
they had been made. At ten minutes past eight, the 
shouts of the multitude announced the approach of the 
King, which was confirmed by an outrider, who gallopped 
up with the intelligence. Two massive silver candlesticks 
were presented to the Lord Chamberlain, and Mr Mur- 
ray taking two similar ones, they went to the edge of the 
platform, and received his Majesty, who, on alighting 
from his carriage, immediately took the Duke of Argyll 
by the hand ; and, turning to the Duke of Montrose, 
most kindly inquired after his health. Then addressing 
himself to several of the noblemen, and bowing to some 
ladies who were present, he went forward to his box, pre- 
ceded by Mr Murray and the Lord Chamberlain, his 
Majesty, with that benignity which never abandons 
him, desiring his Grace, whose health was rather infirm, 
" not to be in a hurry, as he ought not, on his (the King's) 
account, to walk too fast for himself." 

The universal feeling of breathless suspense which at 
this moment pervaded the audience cannot be described, 
and will never be forgotten. Our gracious King now 
stood before his assembled subjects ! The momentary 
pause of death-like stillness which preceded the King's 
appearance gave a deep tone of enthusiasm to the shout — 
the prolonged and heartfelt shout, which for more than a 
minute rent the house. The waving of handkerchiefs, of 
the plumed bonnet, and the tartan scarf, added much to 
the impressive gladness of the scene which, at this instant, 
met the eye of the Chief of Chiefs. His Majesty, with 
his wonted affability, repeatedly bowed to the audience, 
while the kindly smile which beamed from his manly coun- 
tenance expressed to this favoured portion of his loving 
subjects the regard with which he viewed them. 

His Majesty was in the undress uniform of a field 
marshal, and looked exceedingly well. At each side and 
behind him, standing, were the Dukes of Argyll, Mon- 
trose, and Dorset ; the Marquis of Winchester ; the 
Earls of Errol, Cathcart, and Fife ; Lord Charles Ben- 
tinck, Lord Glenlyon, and Lord Graves, with Sir William 
Keppel and others of his equerries. The Duke of Argyll 
and the Earl of Fife wore the Highland garb. The ap- 



276 

pearance of these noblemen was hailed with enthusiastic 
cheering, and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs. 

The curtain now rose, and the national anthem was 
sung by the whole corps dramatique, reinforced by some 
professional singers, the audience standing and joining in 
the chorus. 

During the few minutes that elapsed before the play 
commenced, it was pleasing to observe with what quick 
perception his Majesty singled out individuals who were 
known to him, and the kind and gracious manner in which 
he noticed them. 

The play was Rob Roy, which his Majesty, in the best 
taste, had been pleased to command, out of compliment, 
doubtless, to the country. Mr Calcraft, as Rob Roy, and 
Mr Roberts, as Mr Owen, on entering the stage, made 
each his obeisance to his Majesty, who most courteous- 
ly acknowledged it. During the whole performance, the 
King paid the greatest attention to the business of the 
stage, and laughed very heartily at some of the more odd 
incidents, — such as, the precipitate retreat of Mr Owen 
beneath the bed-clothes, — the contest in which the Bailie 
displays his prowess with the liet poker, — and the Bailie^s 
loss of an essential part of his wardrobe. His Majesty 
seemed fully to comprehend, and to relish very much, the 
good-natured wit and innocent sarcasms of the Glasgow 
magistrate. He laughed outright when this most hu- 
morous of functionaries said to Frank Osbaldiston, who 
was toying with Matty, " Nane 6 1 your Lon'on tricks \ n 
when he mentioned the distinguishing appellatives of old 
and young Nick, which the citizens had bestowed upon 
his father and himself ; — when he testified his distrust of 
Major Galbraith, who " has mair brandy than brains," 
and of the Highlanders, of whom he says, " they may 
quarrel amang themselves now and then, and gie ane ani- 
ther a stab wi* a dirk or a slash wi' a claymore ; but, tak 
my word on't, they're ay sure to join in the lang run 
against a' wha hae purses in their pockets and breeks 
on their hinder ends;" and when he said to the boy 
who returned him his hat and wig, " that's a braw callant ! 
yell be a man before your mither yet." His Majesty's 
laugh at these passages was by no means " a stage-box 



m 

simper," but a hearty and sonorous laugh, such as belongs 
only to the most frank and generous natures. 

The King seemed highly delighted with some Scot- 
tish ditties which were sung in the course of the play. 
But in the lament of " Oh hon a High," we thought his 
Majesty perceived a little irregularity of time, which he 
was desirous of rectifying, by frequently beating time with 
his hand. Mr Huckel's song of " My love is like the 
red, red rose" was very favourably received by the royal 
auditor. The King seemed also much satisfied with the 
national airs that were played between the acts, to all of 
which he beat time ; but " 111 gang nae mair to yon town" 
appeared still to be decidedly his favourite. 

The play went off with great eclat ; and it is due to 
the performers to say, that each exerted himself to the 
utmost to sustain his character. Mackay, unrivalled as 
he is in Nicol Jarvie, succeeded, we thought, in giving 
new freshness and picquancy to the character. 

Nothing occurs in the play which could in any way be 
made to apply to the royal presence ; but, on several oc- 
casions, where the Bailie compliments the Duke of Argyll, 
the audience quickly seized the sentiment, and loudly 
cheered the descendant of the great Mac Callummore y 
who was in the box with his Royal Master. 

Between the acts, his Majesty conversed very freely 
with his attendants, and particularly with the Duke of 
Argyll, who stood near him on the right. 

At the conclusion of the play, " God save the King" was 
loudly called for by the audience, and was again sung by 
the whole performers (the audience standing as before 
and joining in the chorus) with the following additional 
stanza : 

Bright beams are soon o'ercast, 

Soon our brief hour is past, 
Losing our King. 

Honour'd, beloved, and dear, 

Still shall his parting ear 

Our latest accents hear, 
God save the King ! 

This sublime hymn was followed up by acclamations 
the most hearty and enthusiastic we ever heard within the 
walls of a theatre. His Majesty seemed deeply to feel 



278 

those demonstrations of his people's loyalty, to whom he 
repeatedly bowed, and then left the theatre amidst reiterat- 
ed acclamations. 

Upon the King's retiring from the box, he expressed 
himself highly gratified with the amusements of the even- 
ing; and, addressing Mr Murray, most graciously compli- 
mented him for the manner in which every thing had 
been conducted ; expressing also his pleasure at again see- 
ing Mrs Henry Siddons, who, when performing in London, 
was a distinguished favourite both of his present Majesty 
and of his late royal father. 

Upon entering his carriage, the King was most rap- 
turously cheered by the multitude upon the streets ; and 
set off for Dalkeith-house amidst their loyal acclamations. 

On his way home, the King laughed very much in his 
carriage at the wit of the Bailie, and observed, that the 
play was neither too long nor too short, and that he was 
quite delighted with it. Not only on this occasion, but 
both at Newbattle Abbey, and previous to his departure 
from Hopetoun-house, we know that his Majesty re- 
peatedly expressed to several of the nobility the great 
pleasure he had received at the theatre. And, in appro- 
bation of the arrangements, the sum of money usually 
given to the manager on such occasions was, in the pre- 
sent instance, considerably more than doubled in amount. 

The same evening there was a splendid ball at the As- 
sembly Rooms, in honour of his Majesty's visit, under 
the patronage of the Duchesses of Atholl and Montrose, 
and several other ladies of high rank. All the decora- 
tions prepared by the Peers to receive his Majesty re- 
mained. 



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CHAP. XVIII. 

His Majesty, on Wednesday, the 28th of August, visited 
Newbattle Abbey, the seat of the Marquis of Lothian. 
His Majesty set out from Dalkeith-house in a coach and 
four, accompanied by the Duke of Dorset, and followed 
by another coach and four, in which were Lord Graves, 
Sir E. Nagle, and Sir A. Barnard. His Majesty, on 
this occasion, passed through the town of Dalkeith, 
the High Street of which, in honour of his Majesty, 
was lined by the different trades and societies, mus- 
tered under their respective banners. The streets were 
excessively crowded ; and as the royal carriage drove 
along, the King was saluted by the music belonging to 
the public bodies ; the bells rung a merry peal ; and the 
air resounded with acclamations. The royal carriage was 
close, — a circumstance which was felt by thousands as a 
severe disappointment. 

His Majesty reached the Abbey at half-past two o'clock. 
With a view to this gracious visit, the noble Marquis had 
caused a new approach to be made to his mansion, com- 
mencing at about a mile's distance westward. One of 
the pillars of the gateway had been raised to a consider- 
able height ; and as the King's carriage passed through 
this new entrance, the royal standard was hoisted on the 
top of the pillar. The gate, at the same time, was named 
by the head mason the King's gate, in commemoration of 
the event ; while the workmen, and the numerous spec- 
tators assembled on the spot, gave three times four hearty 
cheers in honour of his Majesty. As his Majesty drove 
up the avenue, he was loudly cheered by the Marquis's 
numerous tenantry, who lined each side of it ; and, upon 
his arriving at the beautiful Gothic gateway at the village 
of Newbattle, he was saluted by the staff of the Edin- 
burgh militia, of which the noble Marquis is colonel. 

Immediately on his Majesty's alighting from his car- 
riage, c God save the King' was played by Mr Magrath, 
who attended on the occasion, upon a very superior organ 



280 

placed in the drawing-room. The King was received at the 
main door by the noble Marquis, who, after kneeling 
and kissing his Majesty's hand, conducted him to the 
drawing-room, where a select company had assembled to 
receive him, which would have been more numerous, but 
for the unexpected death of one of the Marquis's near 
relatives. Among the company were the Earl of Elgin, 
Lord and Lady Montagu, Viscountess Melville, Lord 
Ramsay, Lord Robert Kerr, Ladies Ann and Isabella 
Scott, Mrs Peel, and the Honourable Miss Douglas. His 
Majesty, after receiving the congratulations of the com- 
pany, which he acknowledged with his wonted affabili- 
ty, inspected a variety of very choice paintings which 
hung in the room, and took particular notice of a por- 
trait of Charles II. He also examined with great at- 
tention some ancient volumes, in black letter, of Roman 
history. 

Before his Majesty left the drawing-room, the young 
family of the Marquis were brought before him. His 
Majesty admired them very much, and Lady Georgina 
in particular, who was born on the day of his coronation, 
the King most familiarly caressed and kissed. 

Mr Magrath continued playing upon the organ until the 
King entered the drawing-room, when his Majesty ex- 
pressed a desire again to hear the music. The beautiful 
duet of Mozart, ' Ah, perdona" 1 , was then played by Mr 
Magrath, with which his Majesty was pleased to express 
his high satisfaction. 

His Majesty was conducted to the dining-room, where a 
very choice and splendid collation was prepared, consisting 
of every delicacy which the season afforded, and a variety 
of excellent wines. The King expressed how gratified 
he was by the attentions of the noble Marquis, but de- 
clined partaking of the entertainment. He then returned 
to Dalkeith-house, after passing an hour with the noble 
Marquis and his distinguished guests. 

The same day, copies of Mr Knox's map of the coun- 
ty and city of Edinburgh, containing all the recent and 
projected improvements in the city and its neighbourhood, 
were presented to his Majesty, from their author, by the 
Lord Chief Commissioner. These his Majesty was pleas- 



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ed to receive most graciously, and directed them to be 
placed in his travelling cabinet. 

His Majesty was also presented, by the Magistrates of 
Leith, with a map of that town and its harbour. The 
spot on which his Majesty landed was marked by an 
imperial crown. The map, which was laid upon satin, 
was enclosed in a box covered with crimson velvet, beau- 
tifully ornamented with thistles, and bore the following 
inscription : — 

Presented by 

The Magistrates of Leith, 

to 

His Majesty George the Fourth, 

in commemoration 

of 

His Majesty's landing 

at 

The Port of Leith, 

15th August, 

1822. 

This gift was also received most graciously by his Ma- 
jesty. 

His Majesty the same day received another present of 
a more fanciful kind, and which could not fail to be most 
gratifying to him. A lady in Edinburgh, highly accom- 
plished, and of great respectability, had amused herself, in 
her leisure hours, by drawing panoramic sketches of the 
scenes around the city, as seen from Blackford, and other 
eminences. These were very much admired by her friends; 
and she was prevailed upon to offer them to his Majesty, to 
whom they were presented by Lord Chief Commissioner 
Adam. The King praised the execution of the sketches 
very much, and commanded his Lordship to convey to the 
fair donor his thanks for a present so perfectly suited to his 
taste, and that gave so beautiful a representation of scenes, 
which he himself had viewed with so much satisfac- 
tion. He also gave orders to some of his household to 
have these sketches placed frequently before him when 
he returned to London, that he might thus recall to his 
memory objects which were most interesting to him. 



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The Lord Chief Commissioner, the same day, present- 
ed to his Majesty the Life of the celebrated Home, a gift 
from its venerable author, Henry Mackenzie, Esq. to 
whom his Majesty returned a very gratifying message. 

A gift of a different kind was made to his Majesty 
about the same time by Mr Matthew Lyon, hosier in 
Hawick. Some time ago, Mr Lyon discovered a method 
of working travelling cloaks on the stocking-frame, 
and submitted his invention to his Royal Highness the 
Duke of York, who generously patronized it. Hearing 
of his Majesty's intention to visit Scotland, Mr Lyon 
came to town, and wrought upon the stocking-frame a 
cloak for his Majesty, of mazarine blue silk, fleeced with 
scarlet wool, dyed by Mr Pollock. The cloak, when fi- 
nished, was six. feet four inches long, and thirteen feet 
six inches wide round the bottom, with a large cape 
and standing collar ; and, being without a seam, was 
altogether a curious specimen of the man's ingenuity. 
Mr Lyon having been in some degree familiarized to 
royalty by his communications with the Duke of York, 
resolved upon addressing the king through the most direct 
channel. Accordingly, on Tuesday, the 27th of Au- 
gust, he forwarded the following letter to the Secretary 
for the Home Department, in which, it will be observed, 
the hosier, at the conclusion of the business part, presumes 
to be very droll and facetious : 

" Edinburgh, 27th August 1822. 

« Sin, — Some time ago I had the honour of making two 
travelling cloaks, upon a new invention of my own, in fleece 
hosiery, which his Royal Highness was most graciously 
pleased to express his approbation of by the enclosed letter. 

" Encouraged by which, I have come to Edinburgh from 
Hawick on purpose, and have freen for some time employed 
upon, which it is my intention humbly to lay before his most 
gracious Majesty, trusting that his Majesty will have the 
gracious condescension of accepting; and should it meet 
with the approbation of his Majesty, it is my intention to 
make one upon a more splendid scale, of silk tartan. 

" May I solicit the honour of your presenting the same to 
his Majesty ? And if his Majesty condescends to tak the 
Scotch cloak about him, it will not only make an old Lyon, 
but Lyons yet unborn, to rejoice. 
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" I shall be in waiting to know your pleasure on the 
subject." 

On the afternoon of the 28th (Wednesday), Mr Lyon 
waited at Dalkeith-house, when one of the domestics 
informed him, that his Majesty had been pleased to accept 
the cloak, and tendered him a £20 Bank of England 
note as a remuneration for his trouble, desiring him, at 
the same time, to call next morning, when he would 
receive another order. The overjoyed hosier, putting 
himself in the attitude of Corporal Trim when about 
to read the sermon, addressed the domestic, who was 
no other than a footman, thus: — " Whoever you are, 
you are one of his Majesty's attendants, and I must ad- 
dress you Most noble Lord ! I beg, my Lord, you will 
carry my humble acknowledgments to his Majesty." It 
was then proposed, that Mr Lyon should drink his Ma- 
jesty's health, and he was asked whether he would have 
hock or Burgundy ? when he, who had never heard of 
such wines, but thought, from that circumstance, they 
must be too good for a man of low degree, hinted that 
he would prefer port or sherry. Accordingly, a goblet 
was filled up to the brim, to the drinking of which Mr 
Lyon modestly demurred, on the score of its enormous 
size ; but being told, that such was the custom of the 
place, he drained it dry to the health of his Majesty. 

The same day, being the last of his residence in Scot- 
land, his Majesty entertained a large party at dinner, 
consisting principally of those of his suite who, having 
lodged at the Waterloo Hotel, had not previously enjoyed 
the honour of dining with their royal master at Dalkeith- 
house. The following noblemen and gentlemen were of 
the party : The Duke of Dorset, the Earl of Fife, the 
Marquis of Graham, Lord Blantyre, Lord Glenlyon, 
Lord Lowther, Lord Ravensworth, Lord Graves, Lord 
Charles Bentinck, Lord George Beresford, Lord Francis 
Conyngham, Lord Chief Commissioner Adam, Sir Walter 
Scott, Sir Charles Paget, Sir William Knighton, Sir 
Edmund Nagle, Sir William Keppel, Sir A. Barnard, 
Sir Hilgrove Turner, General Bailley, and Colonel 
Thornton. 



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During dinner, the King drank two glasses of Athpll 
brose, which had become his Majesty's most common 
beverage at table, and to which he declared himself 
partial. In the course of conversation, Sir Walter Scott 
expressed a hope, that the present would not be the last 
visit with which his Majesty would honour the country. 
The King, unhesitatingly, made this gracious and me- 
morable reply, that he hoped he would see us frequently >, 
for he was delighted with the country and with the people. 
The sentiments thus expressed by the King were not 
new to the company ; for his Majesty, (and it is a fact 
most gratifying to know,) on every occasion when the sub- 
ject could be opportunely introduced, spoke of Scotland 
and its inhabitants with the most lively interest and the 
utmost fervour of affection. 

His Majesty had frequently expressed his admiration 
of the dress, the manners, and the general character of 
the Highlanders ; and, on this occasion, he gave a striking 
proof of the sincere esteem which he entertains for that 
brave and hardy people. After dinner, twelve of the 
tenants of Lord Breadalbane and Lord Fife were intro- 
duced to the presence of his Majesty, and danced strath- 
speys and reels before him to the music of the bagpipes. 
His Majesty was highly amused with their performance. 
Sir Walter Scott, after filling up a glass of Atholl brose, 
drank to « The Chief of the Clans, the King," which 
he explained in Gaelic to the Highlanders. One of them, 
as spokesman for the whole, dropped on his knee, and 
delivered a speech in Gaelic, at the conclusion of which he 
presented a piece of heath to his Majesty, who most feeling- 
ly drank to them, " May God bless you all." They 
then retired ; when his Majesty ordered for them a 
copious supply of the menstruum best adapted to their 
palates and constitutions. 

The same day, the following regimental order was in- 
serted in the Orderly Book of the Scots Greys : — 

Dalkeith, 28^ August 1822. 
1. As his Majesty will pass through the streets of Dal- 
keith this day about two o'clock, every soldier who may be 
walking about is expected to be regimentally dressed. 



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2. The whole of the 2d or Royal North British Dragoons, 
(the escort alone excepted) will march to-morrow morning, 
so as to arrive at Piershill Barracks at eight o'clock upon 
Thursday the 29th instant. 

3. The band of the Greys will march to-morrow morning, 
the 29th instant, at day-light, in review order, for south 
Queensferry, where they will receive orders. 

(Signed) H. G. Smith, 

Lieut.-Col. & Maj. Brigade. 

The following correspondence was subsequently pub- 
lished by authority in the different journals :— ■* 

TO THE LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH. 

Edinburgh, August 26, 1822. 

My dear Lord, — I am desired by the whole Judges of 
the Courts of Session, Justiciary, Exchequer, and Jury Court, 
to express to your Lordship their warm approbation of the 
manner in which every thing has been conducted on the part 
of the Magistrates and Council on the present auspicious 
occasion. 

The arrangements adopted by them for the preservation 
of order, do as much credit to their judgment, as the orderly 
but enthusiastic behaviour of the people does to the national 
character. We also beg leave to express our high admira- 
tion of the splendid style in which the Corporation did the 
honours of the country at the late city banquet, and, in par- 
ticular, of the dignified manner in which on that, as on all 
other occasions, your Lordship supported the character of 
Chief Magistrate of this great city. But after the decided 
and gratifying terms in which his Majesty was graciously 
pleased to express himself on those topics, it would ill be- 
come us to enlarge on the subject. 

We should not, however, have done justice to our own 
feelings, nor to the merits of our respectable Magistracy, if 
we had not thus shortly but emphatically expressed our 
sentiments on the occasion. , 

We have to request, that your Lordship will permit these 
our sentiments to be made public, that we may have the 
satisfaction of doing honour to the Corporation in the eyes of 
their constituents. 

I have only to add, that I beg your Lordship will be per- 
suaded of the pleasure which it gives me to be thus made 
the organ of conveying to your Lordship those sentiments 



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of my brethren. — I have the honour to be, my dear Lord, 
most faithfully your's, C. Hope, Lord President. 

ANSWER. 

City Chambers, Edinburgh, 28th Aug. 1822. 

My dear Lord, — I have the honour, on the part of the 
Magistrates and Council, to return their warmest thanks for 
the very handsome and flattering manner in which your 
Lordship and the other Judges of the Supreme Courts have 
been pleased to intimate your approbation of their proceed- 
ings on the present auspicious occasion. 

The arrangements made by the Magistrates for the re- 
ception and entertainment of our gracious Sovereign, were 
such as appeared to them best calculated for the favourable 
display of that loyalty and attachment to his person which 
glowed in every breast ; but they are sensible that those 
arrangements must have failed of their intended effect, had 
they not been seconded by the enthusiasm of their fellow- 
subjects, tempered as it was by that decent and respectful 
behaviour, so strongly characteristic of a virtuous and en- 
lightened people. 

It has ever been our anxious wish and earnest endeavour 
to merit the approbation of our fellow-citizens, and the 
favourable testimony which your Lordship has conveyed to 
us, from a body so honourable and distinguished, must ever 
be considered our highest reward. We have, therefore, still 
farther to express our gratitude for the additional honour 
which your Lordship proposes to confer on us, by making 
public the sentiments which you have so feelingly expressed. 

For myself, individually, and for the flattering, but, I fear, 
much too partial compliment, which your Lordship and your 
honourable and learned brethren have been pleased to pay 
me, I can only offer my sincere and heartfelt thanks. — I have 
the honour to be, with the greatest truth and regard, my 
dear Lord, your Lordship's most faithful and obedient servant* 
William Arbuthnot, Lord Frovost. 



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CHAP. XIX. 

The time during which his Majesty resided in Scotland 
had been one continued round of magnificent processions, 
rejoicings, and festivities. These were now to come to a 
period; as it had been previously arranged that his Majes- 
ty should take his departure on Thursday the 29th of 
August. 

His Majesty, having graciously condescended to visit 
the Earl of Hopetoun on that day, had selected Port 
Edgar,* near Queensferry, as the most eligible place of 



* The town of Queensferry has been frequently honoured by the 
visits of princes. The first of these visits was by Edgar Atheling, 
the grand nephew of Edward the Confessor. In 1068, after the battle 
of Hastings, he fled from the jealousy of the conqueror. In his 
flight he was accompanied by his mother Agatha, and his sisters 
Margaret and Christina, and a great train of Anglo-Saxon noblemen. 
By stress of weather they were driven into the frith of Forth, when 
they landed at the Binks, a rock at the west end of the present 
burgh of Queensferry, then an inconsiderable village. In gratitude 
for her reception, Margaret, when she became the Queen of Malcolm 
Canmore, procured for the village the privileges of a burgh of regality ; 
and the incident of her landing was adopted as the armorial bear-p 
ing of the burgh, which, from that time, took the name of Queens- 
ferry. 

The very next year, Edgar Atheling, who was once more forced to 
seek a retreat from his enemies, landed at a rock about a quarter 
of a mile west from the Binks, which has since continued to bear 
the name of Port Edgar. On retiring from the shore with his fol- 
lowers, it is said that he encamped on an elevated bank about half a 
mile inland. On this same spot a village now stands, called Echline, 
which is supposed to be a corruption of Atheling. 

On many other occasions, as we have already observed, the town 
of Queensferry has been similarly honoured. The frith is much 
narrower here than for many miles above or below ; and it is in the 
direct line of communication between Edinburgh and the ancient 
palace of Dunfermline. 

It is but a few years since Prince Leopold passed through the 
burgh on his way to Hopetoun-house, and crossed and recrossed 
the frith at the quay of Newhalls, a short distance eastward from 
Queensferry. 

A very singular custom prevails in this burgh, which may pro- 
bably have some reference to the landing of Edgar, his mother and 



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embarkation, from its immediate vicinity to Hopetoun- 
house. 

The preparations on the pier for the embarkation of 
his Majesty were commenced on Friday, under the direc- 
tion of Mr James Scott, as ferry-master and superintendent 
of the passage. On that day, all was bustle and activity 
upon the quay of Port Edgar. The harbour was complete- 
ly repaired, — the causeway covered with gravel, — and the 
sea-weed, which had been suffered to vegetate too luxu- 
riantly, entirely removed. 

The carpenters began their operation of making a plat- 
form, and erecting flag-staffs; 

C( And thare about ran childer and maydynnis zing, 

" Singand carrellis and dansand in ane ring ; 

" Full well was thame, and glaid was euery wicht, 

u That with thare handis anis twiche the cordis mycht." 

The pier being on an inclined plane, a suggestion was 
made at the Admiral's Office, and adopted, of making 
the platform moveable, and to rest against the pier, so 
as to present a level surface wherever the tide might suit 
the royal barge to lie. This platform was executed on 
the spot by the carpenter of the flag-ship and his crew; 
and consisted of strong plank of 15 feet, well fastened 

sisters. On the evening preceding the annual fair, the boys choose 
two of their number as a king and queen. They stick burs on every 
part of their dress: — even their heads and faces, covered with woollen 
caps, are disguised under this strange ornament. They are still far- 
ther decorated with flowers and feathers ; and are then conducted, in 
mock majesty, amid the cheering of the citizens, through the streets 
of the town. 

Port Edgar has been greatly altered since the days of Edgar 
Atheling. It was then un fashioned as it came from the hand of 
nature, and remained so within the recollection of many. The first 
improvement which it received was very slight. The rock was here 
and there hammered and chiselled down, and its fissures filled by 
patches of mason- work. The larger ferry-boats, in some directions 
of the wind, here landed carriages and cattle, but a gangway of 
boards was frequently necessary. Of late, however, the port has 
been most substantially improved. The rock is completely covered 
by a commodious quay and breakwater ; and so well has this been 
executed, that it is perhaps one of the most perfect in the united 
kingdom. 



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athwart, three stout spars of 28 feet in length, on each 
side and in the middle, with chocks underneath, for 
sliding the machine up or down the pier. A hand-rail 
was affixed along the sides and lower part of the platform, 
leaving an entry or gangway in each, so as to adapt it to 
either side or end of the pier ; and three steps were also 
in readiness should the water be low. As it blew a strong 
easterly breeze on the morning of the 29th, the platform 
was moved round to the west side of the breakwater ; 
and, as it was about half-ebb when the King embarked, 
it had been moved, as the water receded, nearly half way 
down the pier, where his Majesty's barge, with her head 
outwards, lay very steadily and securely alongside of it. 

Four flag-staffs were erected ; one on the outer end of 
the breakwater, on which a union jack was hoisted ; and 
three triangularly on the upper part of the pier, two 
on the south-west and south-east corners, having a St 
George^s ensign hoisted on each, and the other, in the 
centre of the breakwater, being intended for the royal 
standard when his Majesty should set his foot on the 
pier. 

On the day of embarkation the royal squadron was 
stationed directly off Port Edgar, having the breakwater 
in line. The situation had been previously examined by 
Commodore Sir Charles Paget, and the other captains 
of the squadron, in the James Watt steam-vessel.* 
A chain-cable mooring of one hundred fathoms,* with two 
anchors, were sent from Leith on the preceding Tuesday, 
and laid down N.W. and S.E. between three and four 
cables length from the pier, in twelve fathoms at low 
water, neap tide, owing to the extensive flat along that 
shore. A rope-cable bridle of twenty-five fathoms, to ride 
the Royal George, was taken on board the Woolwich 
Dockyard cutter, where it remained till the Royal George 
arrived. 

The Royal Sovereign yacht came up on Wednesday 



* The situation was selected by Mr Scott, as harbour-master, un- 
der whose inspection, (by the recommendation of William Scott 
Moncrieff, Esq. Convener of the Ferry Trustees,) the whole ar- 
rangements were executed. 

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forenoon, and anchored W.N.W. _off the port, and next 
to the Royal George's moorings. The Calliope and 
Cameleon, brigs of war, tenders to the squadron, also 
anchored a little more westerly, and, on that line of bear- 
ing, moored with a kedge-anchor. At ebb tide, the line 
presented their broadsides in full front of Hopetoun-house. 

About six o'clock on Thursday morning, the wind blow- 
ing from the east, with rain, his Majesty's yacht, the 
Royal George, came up ; and immediately the bridle of 
the moorings was handed on board by the Dockyard 
cutter, which then took up her former station, when the 
line was completely formed. 

The James Watt and the Comet steam- vessels, the Ad- 
miralty yacht, Trinity yachts, and the yacht of Sir Wil- 
liam Curtis, and other small vessels, took suitable stations 
clear of the line.* 



* Commodore O'Brien ! — When his Majesty was in Ireland 
last year, it will be remembered that he was visited by a poor dimi- 
nutive Irish cripple of the name of O'Brien, who came from the 
south coast, in a miniature cutter of his own constructing, not more 
than four feet in length, and in which (his legs and the greater 
part of his body being curiously stowed under the deck) he en- 
countered rather a stormy sea in coasting along into Dublin bay. — 
He got safely alongside the royal yacht, however, and appeared in 
his tiny bark before his Majesty, who, pleased with the novel effort 
of the dwarfish and adventurous sailor, gave orders that ten sove- 
reigns, with a plentiful supply of provisions, should be presented to 
him : but, in handing down the latter, it was observed that a quarter 
of mutton, carelessly put on board, had nearly overset the Lilli- 
putian man-of-war ! — The completion of this spirited expedition 
justly entitled the obscure navigator to preferment, and he was pro- 
moted by the sailors to the rank of Commodore, by which title he 
has been familiarly distinguished ever since. 

On the occasion of his Majesty's recent visit to Scotland, Com- 
modore O'Brien deemed it proper to repeat his demonstrations of 
loyalty and attachment ; and, for this purpose, he shipped himself, 
and found room for his cutter also, on board a sloop bound for 
Leith, where, unfortunately, he did not arrive till the evening pre- 
ceding the royal embarkation from Port Edgar. Though late, 
however, he used every exertion to join the royal squadron ; and 
next morning went off to his Majesty's yacht, where he was well 
known, and so kindly received and entertained, that the Commo- 
dore's sea-stock was profusely stowed — not in the main-hold — but 
in so lofty an aperture, that all the experience of the renowned 
circumnavigator became as nought, and his frail bark was no longer 
2 



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At Hopetoun-house* preparations had been made, upon 
the most extensive scale, for the suitable reception of 

under the guidance of a prudent commander ! After setting sail 
with the fleet, a gust of wind carried away his hat ; in attempting 
to recover which, his crazy vessel upset and sunk, and it was with 
the utmost difficulty the Commodore was snatched from a watery 
grave ! This disaster occurred off Newhaven pier, in a depth of 
water which precluded all hopes of weighing the ponderous wreck ! 

The irretrievable loss thus sustained by the Commodore having 
been made known to his Majesty, orders were given for the im- 
mediate building of a new cutter, in the royal naval arsenal at Leith, 
upon an enlarged scale and scantling, the keel of the new craft being 
no less than six feet in length ! and the whole structure properly 
copper-fastened ! — Indeed, the hull is already nearly finished ; and 
the Commodore, who most happily had left his tool-chest on shore, 
is himself busily engaged in preparing the blocks (all ingeniously 
made of brass) for the various parts of the rigging, the whole of 
which is to be the work of his own hands. 

Out of ten guns, which the former vessel mounted, only one was 
saved ; but even this, Commodore O'Brien considers fortunate, as it 
will enable him to procure new brass ones of the same calibre, so 
exactly suited to the arduous service for which the new cutter is 
destined. The Commodore says, had the season been more favour- 
able, he would yet have assuredly followed his consorts to the river 
Thames ; and, should another opportunity be afforded him, he hopes 
still to retrieve his late disaster, by once more appearing before his 
royal master, under the broad pendant of his proper rank and 
station. 

* Hopetoun House, which is deservedly the theme of every tra- 
veller, is situated upon the south shore of the frith of Forth, twelve 
miles westward of Edinburgh, and three from Queensferry. The si- 
tuation, one of the finest in the world, occurred, it is said, very ac- 
cidentally to Charles, first Earl of Hopetoun, when he was going to 
build a house on another part of his estate. The building was com- 
menced in 1696, under the direction of Sir William Bruce, of Kinross, 
a celebrated architect of those days. The still more celebrated Mr 
Adam afterwards took up the plan, and completed it in the time of 
the second Earl. Considering the wealth which was employed, for 
the space of a century, under the direction of excellent taste, in 
beautifying a place containing so many natural advantages, it is no 
wonder that the result should excite universal admiration. The 
house stands upon an elevated bank, which rises from the shore, 
and forms a noble terrace. Around the house there is an extensive 
lawn, bordered with shrubberies and plantations, which, though 
laid out in the style of a former century, are disposed with great 
taste and judgment, and open up to view some of the most ex- 
tensive and enchanting prospects. The frith being here contracted 
in its limits, does not hold that undue proportion to the land which 



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Ms Majesty. For ten days previously, about eighty 
men were employed by Lord Hopetoun in repairing 
the finely picturesque road between Port Edgar and 
Society, which follows the beautifully curved indentations 
of the Forth, so near the beach, that the waves not unfre- 
quently make incursions upon it. 

Under the two colonnades which connect the wings with 
the central part of the house, ranges of tables were fitted 
up, and profusely covered with the most substantial and 
choicest viands. Those on the north side were appro- 
priated to the West Lothian Cavalry ; and those on the 
south to the tenantry upon the estate of the noble Earl. 

In the park behind the house a curvilineal range of 
tents was erected, extending from the north corner back- 
wards, and tastefully decorated with laurels and other 
evergreens. Under the tents were tables most lavishly 
furnished with every delicacy, and the richest wines. The 
eastern division was set apart for the company invited to 
meet his Majesty, of whom there were not fewer than four 
hundred ; the other was destined for the Royal Archers.* 
Between these was a bower similarly ornamented, where 
bands of music were meant to be stationed. 

About nine o'clock, two guns of the Royal Artillery ar- 
rived at Hopetoun-house from Leith battery under an es- 
cort, and were immediately despatched onward to Black- 
ness Castle. 



so much injures the effect of a sea- view; but combines some- 
thing of the gloomy grandeur of vastness that belongs to the ocean, 
with the beauty and amenity peculiar to rivers. The Forth, of 
which it is the estuary, may here be traced almost to its source, 
rolling its ample flood, in innumerable curves, through a beau- 
tiful champagne country, its banks adorned with elegant villas and 
overhanging woods. From certain points the eye can comprehend, 
in one view, the whole extent of water from Stirling to the Bass, — 
the deeply indented bays along its coasts, — the numerous towns 
and village, — the islets in the frith, — the Ochill and Grampian 
hills, — and the lofty Ben-Lomond ; — which form altogether such a 
varied assemblage of whatever is sublime or beautiful in art or na- 
ture, as is nowhere else to be met with. 

* The tables were supplied by Mr Duke, of Newhalls inn, for 
400 visitors ; in addition to which, tables were also provided for 
300 Yeomanry: and the expedition with which the preparations 
were made reflected great credit on Mr Duke's activity. 



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Soon after nine, the Royal Archers, who had embarked 
at Trinity chain-pier, in the Tourist steam-vessel, arrived 
at Port Edgar, under the command of the Earl of Elgin ; 
and about ten o'clock appeared on the lawn, preceded by 
a band of music ; and, marching round the south colon- 
nade, they were welcomed at the great door by their noble 
captain-general, the Earl of Hopetoun, by whose invita- 
tion they marched up the great staircase into the marble 
hall, where his Lordship expressed his regret at the unfor- 
tunate state of the weather, and the inconvenience they 
had suffered.* The Archers soon afterwards took up their 
station in small straggling parties under the colonnades. 

The company invited now began to arrive in great 
numbers. After driving round the south colonnade, they 
set down at the door on the south of the great staircase ; 
after which their carriages wheeled round by the opposite- 
wing, and drew up on the lawn. 

About eleven o'clock, the scholars of the parish school 
of Abercorn, preceded by Mr Douglas, their master, 
and the girls of a female school at Bluegate, supported 
by the munificence of the Countess of Hopetoun, at the 
head of whom was their mistress, arrived in front of the 
house ; and were stationed in lines, the former along the 
north side of the great staircase, the latter along the 
opposite side. These interesting children were all dressed 



* After the duty of the Archers had been settled, Sir George 
Mackenzie, in the name of the Royal Company, addressed Lord 
Hopetoun, and expressed the anxious desire of the King's body-guard 
to possess a memorial of the glorious occasion of his Majesty's visit 
to Scotland, and of their having been commanded on that occasion 
by a nobleman for whom they entertained the highest respect and 
esteem, and for whose conduct they felt grateful ; and requested 
that his Lordship would sit for his picture in the dress he wore 
when the Royal Company received his Majesty at Holyrood-house. 
His Lordship, whilst he readily acceded to the wishes of the Royal 
Company, could not find words to express the high gratification he 
had felt ever since he had been honoured with the military com- 
mand of the company, and begged that Sir George would express 
what he knew were his feelings towards his Majesty's body-guard. — 
We understand that Lord Hopetoun's picture is to be painted by Mr 
John Watson, and hung up in the Archer's Hall. 



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in their holiday suits, and wore the national emblems of 
heath and thistle in great profusion. 

A detachment of the West Lothian Yeomanry next 
arrived upon the lawn, and after them a detachment of 
the Scots Greys. 

The Earl of Hopetoun's tenantry, about 100 in number, 
mounted on horseback, were drawn up in line, upon the 
lawn, on the north side of the colonnade, below the 
sphinxes which ornament the central approach to the man- 
sion. 

A great multitude, from Edinburgh and the surround- 
ing country, — many of them from a distance of twenty 
miles, were now assembled upon the lawn, bidding de- 
fiance to the pelting of the storm. Among them were 
a considerable number of respectable farmers 1 wives and 
their blooming daughters, dressed with great taste and 
elegance. These were admitted upon the roofs of the 
colonnades and wings of the building, which were now 
completely covered. There they stood, some of them 
for hours, exposed to torrents of rain, and completely 
drenched, but seemingly proof against the wildest fury of 
the elements. 

At half-past twelve, a dragoon rode up to the door with 
a despatch, the contents of which soon transpired, and 
announced that the King was upon the road. 

His Majesty, about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, 
prepared to bid adieu to Dalkeith-house. He walked 
down stairs firmly, and, observing several persons in the 
hall, among whom was Mrs Pover, housekeeper to the 
Duke of Buccleuch, he walked up close to her, his coun- 
tenance expressive of the utmost benignity, and said, 
•• Mrs Pover, I must return you, and all of you, my best 
thanks for your great kindness and attention. We have 
wanted for nothing. To have wished for, or desired 
more, would have been indeed unreasonable. 11 The good 
lady was too much affected by this excess of condescen- 
sion to make any other return than a profound curtsey. 
His Majesty had previously made a present to Mrs Pover 
of a superb breakfast service of silver, bearing a suitable 
inscription, and valuable presents to others of the do- 



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mestics.* William Tait, Esq. Chamberlain to the Duke 
of Buccleuch, was then introduced by the Duke of Dorset 
to his Majesty, who was pleased to repeat to Mr Tait 
nearly the same words that he had expressed to Mrs 
Pover, adding, " I shall never forget the kindness I 
have received. May God bless you all !" These were 
the last words spoken by hi! Majesty upon leaving 
Dalkeith-house. In proceeding to his carriage, he bowed 
most courteously to all who were present. 

His Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Dorset, en- 
tered a plain travelling carriage, drawn by four horses, 
and proceeded, under an escort of the Scots Greys, to 
Hopetoun-house. His Majesty entered Edinburgh by 
Clerk Street, and passed along Nicolson Street, where the 
men, boys, and girls of the Asylums for the Industrious 
Blind were drawn up in front of these buildings. The 
men cheered, and the girls sang the King's Anthem, 
which powerfully arrested his Majesty's attention. The 
time of his Majesty's passing through the city being 
altogether uncertain, and the weather being exceedingly 
unfavourable, there were very few persons upon the streets 
at the time. The guns of the Castle fired a royal salute 
as his Majesty passed. In proceeding through the village 
of the Water of Leith, the whole of the inhabitants, and 
the children of the different schools, were arranged on each 
side of the road, and loudly cheered his Majesty. It was 
thought that the King would halt at Ravelstone, the seat 

* The following is a list of the presents made by his Majesty to 
the different domestics : — 

To James Metcalfe, Steward to the Duke, a gold watch. 

To Gilbert Jardine, Butler, the same. 

To Robert M. Parker, Upholsterer, the same. 

To James M 'Donald, Gardener, the same. 

His Majesty also made a present to Mr Joseph Florence, employed 
as his purveyor at Dalkeith-house, of a watch, with this inscription: 
" The gift of his most gracious Majesty King George IV. to Joseph 
Florence, at Dalkeith palace, the 27th August, 1822." The other 
domestics have since got a similar inscription engraved on their re- 
spective presents. Mr Florence is well known to many of the no- 
bility of Scotland, as an eminent cook ; and, from his having been 
thirty years in the employment of the two last Dukes of Buccleuch, 
was selected by the noble Lords of the Board of Green Cloth, to 
come to Scotland as the King's purveyor. 



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of the Knight M arischal ; but, from the nature of his ar- 
rangements, his time would not permit, and he therefore 
drove on. The gate of Ravelstone was very tastefully 
decorated with flowers, and the King nodded approbation 
as he passed it. His Majesty changed horses at the village 
of Davidson's Mains; and at Cramond Bridge he was 
received by two troops of the West Lothian Yeomanry, 
under the command of Major Hamilton Dundas, wno 
joined the escort. Mr Sheriff Duff attended at Cramond 
Bridge, to see his Majesty safe beyond the bounds of his 
jurisdiction ; at the same place the Sheriff of West Lo- 
thian appeared on duty to receive his Majesty within his 
territory. 

His Majesty entered the Earl of Rosebery's grounds 
of Dalmeny, at the second gate from Cramond Bridge. 
The prospect here, had the weather been favourable, 
must have charmed his Majesty, accustomed as he is 
to all that is fine and romantic in scenery. The " bold 
waving surface 1 ' of his Lordship's domains ; — pleasant 
pastures, fringed with long ridges of rocks, covered with 
trees of a most luxuriant growth ; — the majestic Forth, 
studded with islands along the whole of its serpentine 
course, and seen issuing from the base of those lofty 
mountains, which form, as Pennant describes them, " the 
august boundary of the Highlands;" — the rich and 
rugged scenery on either side ; — the ancient castellated 
buildings upon the coast, nodding to their foundations ; 

" The precipice abrupt 

Projecting horror on the blacken'd flood ;" 

would have presented a view of the country worthy 
the contemplation of its Monarch,* When his Majesty 
came to that part of the road in front of Dalmeny 
Park, he waved his hand three times to its noble pro- 
prietor. Lord and Lady Rosebery immediately follow- 
ed the King in their carriage ; and the royal cavalcade 
soon after entered the high road by the gate next to 
Queensferry. 

* The prospect from Monshill, in this neighbourhood, extends, in 
general, as far as the eye can reach ; and sixteen counties, in whole 
or in part, are said to be within the view. Different travellers havfe 
remarked, that this is among the finest prospects in Europe. 



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When his Majesty entered Queensferry, the inhabi- 
tants, who had assembled on the streets in their best 
attire, hailed his appearance with the most joyous accla- 
mations. The houses were decorated with green boughs ; 
and at many places festoons of flowers, &c. were hung 
across the streets. 

The rain by this time had ceased ; and though the sky 
continued to lour, the scene was one of the most animated 
description. The whole line of road, notwithstanding the 
badness of the day, was covered by crowds of spectators, 
mostly honest rustics, who acccumulated as the royal 
carriage advanced. The vessels composing the royal 
squadron, in full view, were all (with the exception of his 
Majesty's yacht,) decked out with a profusion of flags and 
streamers, as various as the rainbow in colour. So gaudy 
was the display — that those floating bulwarks, striking 
the eye by the flaunting appendages of their several 
riggings, and fitted, by their strength, " to brave 
the battle and the breeze,'" shewed like splendid exhala- 
tions, raised from " the vasty deep"" to grace the occa- 
sion. The royal cavalcade was observed at the same 
time winding along the sinuosities of the road, sometimes 
concealed by the foliage of the trees, and again bursting 
upon the sight, until the clatter of the horses' hoofs an- 
nounced that it had reached the avenue to the mansion. 

Lord Hope, who was mounted, and dressed in the 
uniform of the West Lothian yeomanry, made a signal, 
in front of the house, of the King's approach. At the 
sound of the bugle, the Archers were instantly in motion, 
and formed a line upon each side of the great staircase, 
which was now spread over with scarlet cloth. At the 
head of it stood the noble Earl, ready to welcome his 
royal guest. 

At a quarter past one, a shout from the multitude 
at the bottom of the lawn announced the nearer ap- 
proach of his Majesty. The advanced guard of Scots 
Greys rode up at full gallop ; then appeared the royal 
carriage, guarded in the rear by a detachment of the 
Mid-Lothian yeomanry, and another troop of the Greys. 
As the King's carriage approached, the bands of the 
13th and 77th regiments struck up " God save the 



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King," while the multitude stationed on the roofs, and 
those below, hailed his Majesty with loud and joyful ac- 
clamations. The ladies within the house crowded to the 
windows ; and hundreds of handkerchiefs, from as many 
fair hands, waved in the breeze. 

At the bottom of the staircase his Majesty was receiv- 
ed by Lord Hopetoun, whom he cordially took by the 
hand. His Majesty, who was dressed in the Windsor 
uniform, ascended the steps with great firmness. He 
stopped frequently, and, looking upon the assemblage 
around him with a smile of ineffable kindness, acknow- 
ledged their continued cheers by frequently bowing. 
His Lordship bowed to the King, signifying a wish 
that he would enter ; but his Majesty, putting his hand 
upon his Lordship's shoulder, motioned to him to lead 
the way ; which his Lordship, in the spirit of true po- 
liteness, at once complied with. The royal standard was 
instantly hoisted on the roof of the house ; and a salute, 
fired from the royal squadron, was answered by guns at 
Broomhall, the seat of the Earl of Elgin. 

The King, accompanied by Lord Hopetoun and Sir 
Alexander Hope, entered the marble hall, near the door 
of which was the Countess of Hopetoun, who had the 
honour of being presented to his Majesty.* The King 
immediately gave his arm to her Ladyship, and, passing- 
onward through the saloon and drawing-room, bowing to 
the company as he proceeded, entered the dining-room, 
where an elegant dejeune a lajburchette was prepared for 
his Majesty and a select company. 

The Countess gracefully conducted the King to a large 
and richly-ornamented chair, which was placed at the 
head of the table ; but his Majesty declined the honour 
of that seat, and gallantly taking her Ladyship by the 
arm and the hem of her robe, placed her in it, and made 
use of a common chair by her side. 

His Majesty ate sparingly of turtle soup, and drank 
three glasses of wine during his repast. Besides the Earl 
and Countess of Hopetoun, the following sat at table 



* Her Ladyship had been prevented by indisposition from attend' 
ing the drawing-room. 



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with his Majesty : — The Dukes of Atholl, Montrose, and 
Dorset ; the Marquis of Graham ; the Earl and Countess 
of Rosebery ; Earl Cathcart ; Viscount and Viscountess 
Melville ; Viscountess Keith and her niece ; Lords Lyne- 
doch, Glenlyon, Binning, Graves, Charles Bentinck, 
Beresford, George Beresford, Lowther, and Francis Co- 
nyngham; Sir Thomas Bradford, Sir J. P. Beresford, 
Sir Charles Paget ; Lady Margaret Maclean, and the 
lady of Sir William Arbuthnot. 

While the company were at breakfast, one of the Earl's 
sons, a fine lively boy about twelve years of age, came 
into the room, and sat beside his mother. The King 
asked the Countess how many children she had ? and 
on her answering, that she had ten sons and an infant 
daughter, his Majesty, either struck by the number of 
male children, or by the beautiful and youthful appearance 
of the mother, exclaimed, " Good God ! is it possible ?" 
After breakfast, the nurse brought Lady Alicia, the in- 
fant daughter, to Miss Wedderburn, who carried her into 
the dining-room ; and this young lady, who had thus 
very early the honour of being presented, was affection- 
ately kissed by his Majesty. One of the maids also led 
Masters Thomas and Adrian, the two youngest sons, to 
Lord Hopetoun, who presented them to his royal guest. 
His Majesty very graciously received the little boys ; and, 
raising Adrian's frock, took hold of his leg, and said, 
'< What a stout little fellow !" The child, thinking the 
King was admiring his frock, held it up with both his 
hands, and cried, " See ! see !" His Majesty was amus- 
ed with the notion of the child, and smilingly asked him, 
<c Is that a new frock, my little man ?" After return- 
ing from the dining-room into the drawing-room, the 
other sons of Lord Hopetoun were also presented to his 
Majesty. 

The King, while at Hopetoun-house, gave a striking 
proof of his esteem for modest merit, and of his zealous 
desire to encourage the fine arts, of which he has always 
been an admirer and a most generous patron. He pro- 
ceeded into the saloon, accompanied by the Earl of Hope- 
toun and Sir Alexander Hope, each of them bearing a 
sword ; and the name of Captain Adam Ferguson being 



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called, that gentleman appeared, and, kneeling down, re- 
ceived from his Majesty, who made use of Lord Hope- 
toun's sword, the honour of knighthood. The name of Mr 
Henry Raeburn, the celebrated portrait-painter, was then 
called ; and upon the appearance of that gentleman, the 
King took in his hand the sword of Sir Alexander Hope, 
when Mr Raeburn knelt, and arose Sir Henry Raeburn. 

The grounds around the house, in the meantime, pre- 
sented a most agreeable scene of festivity and rejoicing. 
The ladies, on account of the haziness of the day, remain- 
ed within the house; but the booths in the park were 
occupied by a number of gentlemen. His Lordship's 
tenantry regaled themselves under the north colonnade ; 
and under the opposite one were seated the Yeomen, 
who were afterwards succeeded by the Scots Greys. Three 
casks of home-brewed October were broached for the spec- 
tators, most of whom were too intent upon beholding his 
Majesty to partake of the good cheer. The Archers, in 
the meantime, equipped with their bows and quivers, 
amused themselves by running about " under the green- 
wood ;" sometimes darting out upon the lawn, and again 
as suddenly disappearing. Some of them displayed their 
skill in archery by shooting at butts at the back of the 
house. The striking appearance of this fine company 
was much admired by the ladies, who, as a guerdon 
for their great exertions to please, bestowed upon them 
an abundance of smiles. The fine jet oVeau in the pond 
behind the house played most beautifully all the time, 
and threw upwards its column of water at least fifty 
feet. 

About three o'clock, the scarlet cloth, which had been 
removed on account of the rain, was again spread upon the 
staircase. The royal carriage was drawn up at the front 
door. The Archers re-assembled, and posted themselves 
in double line upon each side of the staircase ; the Yeo- 
manry opened up a line in front of the mansion, and gal- 
lopped about, to show their skill in the menage; and the 
Scots Greys rose from their seats at the tables, like giants 
refreshed, and, buckling on their swords, mounted their 
chargers. The ladies, warned by these appearances, 
again presented themselves at the windows ; and the 

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elegant well-dressed females, who had been admitted to 
the roofs of the colonnades, resumed their stations. 

About a quarter before three o'clock, his Majesty re-ap- 
peared upon the staircase, and, leaning upon the arm of 
his landlord, walked down the steps, and entered his car- 
riage, followed by the Duke of Dorset. The carriage 
then drove off, under the same escort which accompanied 
his Majesty to Hopetoun-house, amidst loud cheering 
and the waving of handkerchiefs. The eyes and glasses 
of ladies and gentlemen now descried the track of the roy- 
al cavalcade, as it winded along the road leading to the 
place of embarkation ; and from the hearts of thousands 
ascended blessings and prayers for his Majesty's welfare. 
As the royal carriage drove down the lawn, the Earl of 
Hopetoun rode past his Majesty on horseback, and pro- 
ceeded to Port Edgar to attend him. 

At this place, a detachment of the Scots Greys, who 
had been stationed there, drew up in line to receive his 
Majesty ; and here also an immense assemblage was col- 
lected upon the pier and along the shore, who hailed his 
Majesty, upon his arrival, with loud acclamations. His 
Majesty, on alighting, bowed repeatedly to the multi- 
tude. An air of melancholy overspread his countenance 
as he alighted from his carriage, and was received by 
Lord Hopetoun, whose arm he took hold of, and pro- 
ceeded leisurely along the pier, at the end of which the 
royal standard was instantly hoisted. A piece of green 
cloth was spread from the platform about eighteen feet 
along the pier ; the rest of the way (about seventy or 
eighty feet) being covered with white pebbles. The 
Duke of Dorset and others of his suite followed in attend- 
ance upon their royal master. Before his Majesty reached 
the platform, he was met by Lord Chief Commissioner 
Adam, and the Earl of Fife. The King addressed the 
Chief Commissioner most affectionately, and shook him 
kindly by both hands. His Majesty, who never once smiled 
from the time of leaving his carriage, upon reaching 
the platform, where Commodore Sir Charles Paget stood 
uncovered to receive him, took off his travelling cap, 
and bowed most graciously to his subjects, who con- 
tinued their acclamations. After shaking hands most 



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cordially with the Earl of Hopetoun, his Majesty, at ten 
minutes past three o'clock, got into the royal barge, which 
was manned by eighteen rowers, dressed in blue jack- 
ets and black caps. The Earl of Fife followed the 
King into the barge, and had the honour of sitting be- 
side him. Immediately on the royal barge leaving the 
shore, a royal salute was fired by all the ships com- 
posing the squadron, except the Royal George, and 
returned by the guns at Broomhall, the reports of 
which came, " few and far between," booming along the 
water, and struck heavily upon the ear as the last adieu 
to departing grandeur. The royal barge now cleared 
the waves with the velocity of an arrow set free from the 
shaft ; and for some time was surrounded by a number 
of boats, which successively dropped into the rear. The 
people continued to cheer so long as they could distin- 
guish the person of his Majesty, who, when at some dis- 
tance from the shore, waved his cap thrice round his head 
as a parting pledge of his affection. 

Shortly after his Majesty got on board the Royal 
George, preparations were made for weighing anchor. 
During this interval a number of boats sailed round the 
royal yacht ; and the cheering of the people with which 
they were filled, was returned by his Majesty, who waved 
his cap, and bowed most graciously. He seemed to be more 
particularly pleased by the appearance of Captain Munro 
Ross and several of his friends, who were completely and 
elegantly equipped in their native tartan. Their attempt to 
give his Majesty pleasure had at least the effect of making 
him laugh. They had a Highladner in their boat, who blew 
most lustily upon his " native lyref* but, during this loyal 
performance, the motion of the boat made it necessary for 
one of the party to support him ; and it is not unlikely 
that the King, who observed his rotatory movements, 
half suspected that the poor piper " had been making 
too free with the Glenlivet." There had been previously 
sent on board the Royal George, for his Majesty's table, 
two bucks, and two boxes containing pine-apples, grapes, 
melons, apricots, and pears, of excellent quality, from the 
Earl of Hopetoun ; and two hampers of fruit from Dal- 
housie Castle, the seat of the Earl of Dalhousie. 



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The royal yacht now got under weigh, towed by 
the James Watt steam-packet, and, followed by the rest 
of the squadron, bore down for Leith Roads. At four 
o'clock the flag-ship stationed in the Roads descried the 
royal squadron advancing, and fired a royal salute, which 
was answered by all the other ships, and by the battery 
on shore. Crowds of people now collected on the pier 
and sands of Leith, to breathe an adieu to his Majesty ; 
and a number of pleasure-boats put off from shore, filled 
with persons of respectability, anxious to take a last 
view of his sacred person. At five the royal squadron 
passed through Leith Roads, and stood over to the coast 
of Fife, when the ships and batteries fired another salute. 
At half-past five o'clock, the royal squadron, having all 
sails set, and a fine breeze from the N.N.W., passed 
the north side of Inchkeith; and at six o'clock, a third 
salute was given from the batteries, announcing that the 
royal squadron was fairly at sea. The royal standards, 
which had been hoisted on the Castle and Salisbury 
Crags, and the union jacks on the different eminences 
around the city, were then lowered. 

The Earl of Hopetoun having seen his Majesty safely 
seated in his barge, rode home to rejoin the company as- 
sembled. The Royal Archers had previously entered the 
large tent in the park provided for their accommodation, 
where they drank the healths of the King, and of Lord 
and Lady Hopetoun, with three times three to each 
toast, followed by great cheering. Before four o'clock, 
they marched off preceded by their music to Port Edgar, 
where they embarked in the Tourist steam-vessel for 
Trinity chain-pier.* 



* His Majesty, it is said, has been graciously pleased to express 
his determination to honour the Royal Company of Archers with 
the presentation of a gold-stick, as soon as he shall determine the 
device to be placed upon it. This completes the right of that ho- 
nourable Company, which is thereby placed on the same footing 
with the honourable Band of Pensioners, whose captain bears, a9 
his badge of office, an ebony-stick with a golden head, with which he 
is invested by the King. It is a singular fact, that the Band of 
Pensioners, as well as the Scots Guard at Paris, who had similar 
duties to perform, were originally bodies of archers. 



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All the company, except a select party of about 
twenty-five, left the Earl's hospitable mansion before five 
o'clock. About the same time the crowd, who had col- 
lected upon the lawn, quietly dispersed. 

The Duke of Montrose, Lord Binning, and a few 
others, remained at Hopetoun-house all night. 

The inns of Queensferry were crowded by persons 
who had come from a distance, and resolved there to pass 
the evening. Beds could not be obtained for all the ap- 
plicants, — of whom indeed there were so many, that one 
honest Boniface, in the simplicity of his heart, recom- 
mended to some to cross the frith, and beat up for quar- 
ters in North Queensferry ! 

In the evening Queensferry was brilliantly illuminated 
in honour of his Majesty. Upon the invitation of the 
Earl of Rosebery, upwards of 200 persons, residing on 
his Lordship's estate, assembled on the lawn in front of 
his Lordship's mansion, where a plentiful entertainment 
was provided for them. They drank his Majesty's health 
with every demonstration of loyalty. The healths of the 
noble Earl and his Countess were also drank with enthu- 
siasm ; and the evening was spent in the indulgence of 
the most patriotic and loyal feelings. The cannon at 
Broomhall fired during the greater part of the night ; and 
an immense fire was lighted up on an adjoining hill, 
within the Fifeshire estate of Lord Hopetoun, a little be- 
hind Rosyth Castle. 

The same day the following letter, most compliment- 
ary and honourable to the people of Scotland in general, 
and to the citizens of Edinburgh in particular, was trans- 
mitted by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment to the Officers of State for Scotland, previously to 
his Majesty's embarkation. This official expression of his 
Majesty's sentiments towards Scotland and its inhabitants, 
is a document to which Scotsmen of this and future gener- 
ations may refer with proud exultation. 

" Edinburgh, August 29, 1822. 

" My Lords, — I have had the honour of receiving the 
King's commands to signify to your Lordships his Majesty's 
unqualified approbation of all the arrangements which have 



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been made preparatory to his Majesty's reception, and during 
his stay in Scotland. 

"His Majesty is desirous of returning his particular acknow- 
ledgments to the several Departments of the State, to the 
Local Authorities, and to those Societies and Institutions 
which have so zealously co-operated with them, in paying 
every mark of respect and attention to his Majesty, and in 
promoting that perfect order, regularity, and success, with 
which every ceremony has been conducted. 

" His Majesty commands me to add, that his residence in 
Scotland has proved to him a source of unalloyed satisfaction. 
It has confirmed every favourable impression which he pre- 
viously entertained of the character and habits of the people, 
and it has afforded to him that which must ever constitute 
his chief gratification, the opportunity of witnessing the hap- 
piness of his subjects, and of receiving the most convincing 
proofs of their faithful attachment and loyalty. 

" He takes leave of Scotland with the most cordial feelings 
of affection towards her people, and with the deepest anxiety 
to promote their welfare. 

" I have the honour to be, with great truth and regard, 
my Lords, your Lordships' most obedient and faithful ser- 
vant, (Signed) " Robert Peel." 

" To the Officers of State, &c. &c. &c." 

The following letter was transmitted by Sir Walter 
Scott, Bart, to Sir Evan John Murray Macgregor, Bart. ; 
and a similar letter was transmitted at the same time by 
Sir Walter Scott to each of the other chiefs : 

« Abbotsford, 29th August, 1822. 
' f It is with no small pride and pleasure that I enclose a tes- 
timony of our Sovereign's satisfaction with his Highland fol- 
lowing, which can be more appropriate to none than to your 
brave Macgregors ; and I beg to add, there is none to whom 
I transmit it with more pleasure than to yourself." 

The following is the excerpt from Mr Secretary Peel's 
letter, dated 28th August, and enclosed in the above 
letter from Sir Walter Scott : 

" The King wishes to make you the channel of conveying 
fo the Highland chiefs and their followers, who have given 
to the varied scene which we have witnessed so peculiar and 
romantic a character, his particular thanks for their attend- 

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ance, and his warm approbation of their uniform deportment. 
He does justice to the ardent spirit of loyalty by which they 
are animated, and is convinced that he could offer no recom- 
pense for their services so gratifying to them, as the assur- 
ances, which I now convey, of the esteem and approbation of 
their Sovereign." 

The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, on the 
same day, addressed the following official letter to the 
Bailie of Holy rood-house, relative to the conduct of the 
constables of the Abbey, who officiated under him as mar- 
shalmen of the Palace during his Majesty's visit : 

" Board of Green Cloth, 
Edinburgh, 29th August 1822. 
tl Sir, — I feel peculiarly called upon to express to the gen- 
tlemen who have executed the arduous duties of marshalmen 
during his Majesty's residence in Scotland, my high sense of 
the zeal and good order which have invariably marked their 
conduct ; and I have to beg you will accept, yourself, and re- 
turn to them, my best thanks for having thus voluntarily per- 
formed a service so laborious and so important. I have the 
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
(Signed) " Conyngham, 

Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household." 
" To John Dickie, Esq. &c. &c. &c." 

To this letter his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and 
Brandon, Heritable Keeper of the Palace of Holyrood- 
house, next day, added his testimony in the following 
terms : 

" Holy rood-house, 30th August 1822. 
'? Sir, — It is with pleasure I learn that the constables of the 
Abbey of Holyrood-house, acting under you, have done their 
duty so as to give satisfaction to his Majesty's official servants. 
In adding my testimony to their good conduct under your 
direction, I beg you will also express my thanks to them for 
the zealous manner in which they have discharged their ar- 
duous and important duties. 

(SignedJ " Hamilton & Brandon." 
" To John Dickie, Esq. 
Bailie of Holyrood-house." 



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CHAP. XX. 



At the close of a period of most extraordinary interest 
and excitement, we feel disposed to pause, and take a 
retrospective glance of all that took place from the day 
of his Majesty's arrival. We think it would be in vain 
to deny, that the reception which the King met with, on 
every occasion when he appeared in public, was as en- 
thusiastic as possible, if we consider the natural gravity 
of the Scottish character, and that profound respect 
which all felt to be due to the person of their Sove- 
reign. If there was no outrage upon decorum, demon- 
strative of a frenzied joy, — nothing of the turbulence of 
sycophancy, — the fact is so much more creditable to the 
manly and rational loyalty of the public. The King, 
when he came first among us, received all the homage 
and respect which were due to his exalted station, and 
was welcomed with a joy seldom or never before ex- 
hibited by the people of Scotland. The public feeling, 
which at first might have been considered simply constitu- 
tional and patriotic, soon became of a more mixed and not 
less honourable kind, as the personal character of his Ma- 
jesty gradually disclosed itself. The people were struck 
with the dignified propriety of the King's manner on all 
public occasions ; — they were touched with the unostenta- 
tious benevolence which marked his every action ; — they 
were deeply affected by the partiality which he uniformly 
discovered for their country, and by his magnanimous su- 
periority to all party feeling ; — and it cannot be denied, 
that they soon superadded to their principles of loy- 
alty a most affectionate and devoted attachment to his 
Majesty's person. This attachment discovered itself by 
numberless tokens, which could not be mistaken by those 
who know the people ; and resulting, as it did, from their 
actual observation, it is doubly valuable. 

We may for a long period, possibly for ever, be denied 
the pleasure of our Sovereign's presence among us ; — the 
festivity and splendour we have witnessed will fade away 



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from our recollections; — Time may again resumehis hoary 
sway at Holyrood Palace, and (though we trust it will ex- 
perience a far different fate) fur its walls " with mouldy 
damps and raky slime ;" but the impression made by his 
Majesty upon the minds of his Scottish subjects will 
never be obliterated. He will be cherished in their 
memory with partiality and kindness ; and reign in their 
hearts, as a Prince distinguished for every accomplish- 
ment, — patriotic, generous, and enlightened. He has 
carried with him their best wishes ; — the aspirations of a 
generous affection, untainted by selfishness, and which 
disowns all connexion with political feeling. 

The preparations which were made to entertain his 
Majesty, and to do him honour, have been so amply 
described, that we need not expatiate upon their costly 
magnificence. They were most creditable to the country, 
and more particularly to those who had the arrangement 
of them. It is a remarkable fact, that the conduct of the 
people throughout, and of the different public bodies, 
has had the rare good fortune to be extolled by some of 
our metropolitan journals of the most opposite principles, 
while others have refrained from all general censure. 

To a people who love their King, it is delightful to 
know that the sentiment is cordially reciprocated. We 
have not to trust for this fact to inferences, however 
legitimate, drawn from the conduct of the people them- 
selves ; — it is an undeniable fact, resting upon the 
public and repeated declarations of his Majesty. The 
feelings which the King avowed in the Parliament 
House, before the assembled dignitaries of the land ; 
which are recorded in the letter addressed by his Minis- 
ter to the Officers of State, are precisely those which he 
again and again expressed in private companies, with a 
warmth and animation that would have been incompati- 
ble with the etiquette to be observed on public occa- 
sions. 

It does not belong to us, perhaps, to speculate upon 
the probable consequences of his Majesty's visit. We 
may be permitted, however, to say, that the circumstances 
attending it can scarcely fail to exalt the character of the 



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country, and its political importance, in the eyes of our 
fellow-subjects. This, of itself, is a benefit of no ordinary 
magnitude ; which those, who reflect most upon it, will 
be disposed most highly to appreciate. 

His Majesty, during his residence in Scotland, took a 
deep interest in the institutions of the country in general, 
and those of this city in particular ; and gave munificent 
proofs of his anxious desire to encourage them. He was 
graciously pleased to become the Patron of the Society for 
the support of the Gaelic Schools in the Highlands and 
Islands of Scotland ; and seconded this expression of his 
favour by a donation of 100 guineas for the benefit of 
that useful institution. He was also graciously pleased 
to become the Patron of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb 
Institution, which was visited by the King's private se- 
cretary at the express desire of his Majesty, and pre- 
sented a donation of 100 guineas towards the support 
of its funds. 

The following donations were also bestowed by his Ma- 
jesty on the different charitable institutions of the city : — 
To the Royal Infirmary, 200 guineas ; to the Lunatic 
Asylum, 100 guineas ; to the Asylum for the Industrious 
Blind, 100 guineas ; to the Lying-in Hospital, 50 gui- 
neas ; to the Dispensary for the city and county of Edin- 
burgh, 50 guineas ; to the New-Town Dispensary, 50 
guineas ; to the Society for the Relief of Destitute Sick, 
50 guineas ; and to the Magdalane Asylum, 50 guineas. 

We do not profess to have obtained information of all 
the charitable acts of his Majesty during his residence in 
Scotland ; and it is probable, that many of these will ne- 
ver become known to the public. There is one, how- 
ever, which has transpired, so truly benign and generous, 
that it would be inexcusable to omit it. The widow of 
an officer, who resides in the neighbourhood of Edin- 
burgh, emboldened by distress, or probably by despair, 
transmitted to his Majesty a memorial, stating the pecu- 
niary embarassments in which she was involved, in conse- 
quence of the death of her husband, and of one of her 
children, after a long and severe illness. His Ma- 
jesty, immediately on perusing the memorial, sent L.100 



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to the afflicted widow through the hands of Sir William 
Knighton !* 

The benevolence of his Majesty was not restricted to 
the victims of misfortune alone. A number of petitions 
having been presented to his Majesty from persons con- 
victed of offences against the revenue laws, he gave orders, 
through Mr Secretary Peel, to the Board of Excise to 
take measures, under the direction of the Lords of the 
Treasury, for granting relief to such of the petitioners as 
might be considered proper objects of the royal cle- 
mency. 

It is proper to remark, that the rejoicings on the oc- 
casion of the King's visit were not confined to Edinburgh 
and its vicinity. In many other parts of Scotland, the 
event was celebrated by illuminations, bonfires, and fes- 
tive meetings. To these it is only necessary to allude 
generally, since the feelings of the nation have been 
authentically expressed in the various addresses, pre- 
sented to his Majesty on his arrival, from nearly the 
Avhole public bodies of the country. + We have subjoined 
a list of these addresses (compiled from the Edinburgh 



• It is gratifying to know, that the poor of Edinburgh were be- 
nefited in a variety of ways, directly and indirectly, by his Majes- 
ty's visit to Scotland. All the broken meats, which came from the 
tables of that part of the King's suite who resided in the Waterloo 
Hotel, were regularly sent to the inmates of the Charity Workhouse 
and Edinburgh Jail. A private ball was given by the ladies, on 
Tuesday, the 20th of August, at the Waterloo Hotel, which in 
splendour vied with any ever seen at Almack's. The committee for 
the ball generously sent, through Major Belches, 5 guineas to the 
Society for Relief of the Destitute Sick ; 6 guineas to the Deaf and 
Dumb Institution; L.6 to the Royal Infirmary; and L. 5 to the 
Society for the Relief of the Industrious Blind. 

t Among the various instances of loyal attachment to his Majesty 
which deserve to be recorded, there is one which we were in some 
little danger of overlooking. During the King's residence at Dalkeith- 
house, a very curious wooden snuff-box was presented to his Ma- 
jesty by Sir Walter Scott, from the ingenious maker, Mr Daniel 
Craig of Helensburgh. The body of the box is made of sycamore 
tree, with an invisible hinge of the kind at present so much admir- 
ed, and the lid of it inlaid with authenticated specimens of several 
varieties of wood, most of which are well known in Scotland, and 
celebrated in Scottish song. These are so arranged, as to shade and 



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Gazette), as a memorable proof of the unanimity of feel- 
ing which prevailed in Scotland on this great occasion. 



ADDRESSES PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY. 

Those marked thus * are given at length in the preceding pages, 

Aberdeen, county of, signed by Sheriff Moir, preses 
city of, signed by Provost Hadden 

King's College of, signed by the Duke of Gordon, chancellor, 
Earl of Aberdeen, rector, and Dr Macpherson, sub- 
principal* 
Marischal College of, signed by H. Lumsden, Esq. dean of 
faculty, Charles Forbes, Esq. rector, and Dr W. L. Brown, 
principal* 
society of advocates of, signed by W. Kennedy, Esq. preses 
seven incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Harper 
lodge of Free Masons, signed by Alex. Low, Esq. master 
St Machar's, lodge of, signed by M. Massie, Esq. master 
Aberbrothwick, burgh of, signed by Provost Marnie 
Alford, presbytery of, signed by the Rev. William Malcolm, moderator 
Annan, burgh of, signed by Provost Dickson 

Anstruther, (Easter) burgh of, signed by Geo. Forbes, Esq. chief magistrate 
(Wester) burgh of, signed by George Dishington, Esq. ditto 

relieve each other by their beautiful diversity of colour. In the 
centre is a piece of the Cruikston Yew, mentioned in history as the 
favourite of the unfortunate Queen Mary. Around this are the fol- 
lowing : — The Tor wood Oak (of Stirlingshire), whose decayed trunk 
afforded shelter from his pursuers to the brave Wallace; — the Tryst- 
ing Tree, near Roxburgh Castle, celebrated in the border feuds, and 
mentioned in the novel of Rob Roy ; — the Elderslie Yew, which tradi- 
tion reports to have been planted by Sir William Wallace, on his 
uncle's estate of that name in Renfrewshire ; — the Bush aboon Tra- 
quair; — B irk of In verm ay; — Thorn aboon the Well; — Broom of Cow- 
deuknows; — AllovvayKirk Oak; with all of which the admirers of our 
Scottish poetry are familiar; — Elm of Waterloo, under which the Duke 
of Wellington stood during the battle ; — the Victory, part of the 
anchor-stock of Lord Nelson's flag-ship of that name. The whole of 
these are surrounded by a border of Black Oak from the ship Florida, 
which belonged to the Spanish Armada, and wrecked off Tobermory, 
in the island of Mull, 1588. On the bottom of the box, outside, the 
words and music of " Auld Langsyne" are painted in a style of un- 
common neatness. His Majesty was pleased most graciously to 
accept this interesting cluster of relics, expressing, at the same 
time, his admiration, both of the selections of the wood, and of the 
elegance of the workmanship ; and charging Sir Walter Scott with 
thanks to the ingenious artificer for so acceptable a present. 



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Antiquaries, society of, Scotland, signed by Gilbert Innes, Esq. 1st vice- 
president, and Alexander Smellie, Esq. secretary 
Argyll, county of, signed by T. D. Campbell, Esq. vice-lieutenant 

provincial synod of, signed by the Rev. H. Fraser, moderator 
Auchtermuchty, burgh of, signed by John Gilmer, Esq. chief magistrate 
Ayr, county of, signed by Lieutenant- General Montgomerie 
burgh of, signed by Provost Limond 

Banff, county of, signed by Sir George Abercromby, Bart. 
burgh of, signed by Provost George Robinson 
six incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Johnston 
St Andrew's lodge of Free-Masons, signed by Joseph White, Esq. 
Berwick, county of, signed by the Earl of Home 

mayors, bailiffs, and burgesses of, signed by Thomas J. Steele, Esq. 

mayor 
(North), burgh of, signed by John Dalrymple, Esq. chief ma- 
gistrate 
Brechin, city of, signed by Provost Gillies 

guildry incorporation of, signed by William Baillie, Esq. D. G. 
six incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Mathers 
Bute, county of, signed by Archibald Moore, Esq. vice-lieutenant and con- 
vener 
Burntisland, burgh of, signed by Provost Ferguson of Raith 

Caithness, county of, signed by James Traill, Esq. 
Campbeltown, burgh of, signed by Provost Charles Campbell 
Canongate, burgh of, signed by William Tullis, Esq. senior magistrate 

trades of, signed by Convener Buchanan 
Canongate and North Leith incorporation of wrights, coopers, &c. signed by 
Deacon Clark 
and North Leith incorporation of weavers, dyers, &c. signed by 
Deacon Robertson 
Caledonian Horticultural Society, signed by the Earl of Wemyss 
Celtic Society, signed by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 

Chanonry, presbytery of, signed by the Rev. Alexander Wood, moderator 
Church of Scotland, commission of, signed by Dr Lamont, moderator * 
Clackmannan, county of, signed by Lord Abercromby 
Congregational Union of Scotland, signed by the Rev. John Aikman, &c. 
Crail, burgh of, signed by Robert Logan, Esq. chief magistrate 
Cromarty, county of, signed by J. Hay Mackenzie, Esq. preses 

town and port of, signed by Walter Ross, Esq. 
Cullen, burgh of, signed by John Fraser, Esq. senior bailie 
Culross, burgh of, signed by James Gibson, Esq. chief magistrate 
Cupar, burgh of, signed by Provost Christie 

guildry of, signed by Robert Tullis, Esq. dean of guild 

Dalkeith, presbytery of, signed by the Rev. Walter Fisher, moderator 
magistrate and inhabitants of, signed by William Tait, Esq. 
Dingwall, burgh of, signed by Provost J. A. Stewart Mackenzie 

presbytery of, signed by the Rev. Donald Mackenzie, moderator 



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Dumbarton, county of, signed by Sir James Colquhoun, Bart. 

lieutenancy of, signed by John Buchanan, Esq. vice-lieut. &c. 
burgh of, signed by Jacob Dixon, Esq. chief magistrate 
Dumfries, county of, signed by Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, Bart, 
burgh of, signed by Provost Kerr 
seven incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Grainger and 

P. Primrose, Esq. clerk 
provincial grand lodge of, signed by Wm. Miller, Esq. 
Dunbar, burgh of, signed by Provost Hume 

Castle lodge of, signed by W. C. Ritchie, Esq. master 
Dornoch, burgh of, signed by the Marquis of Stafford 
Dunfermline, burgh of, signed by John Scotland, Esq. chief magistrate 
Dundee, town-council of, signed by Provost Brown 

guildry of, signed by John Sturrock, Esq. dean of guild 
nine incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Chalmers 
Dysart, burgh of, signed by Walter Swayne, Esq. chief magistrate 

Edinburgh, county of, signed by the Marquis of Lothian 
town -council of, signed by the lord provost * 
university of, signed by Principal Baird * 
merchant company of, signed by Robert Hall, Esq. master 
chamber of commerce, signed by G. Laing Meason, Esq. 
astronomical institution of, signed by Sir George Mackenzie, 

Bart, 
royal physical society of, signed by Drs Turner and J. R. 

Phillips, presidents, and Dr Wilde, treasurer 
eight southern districts, signed by George Miller, convener 
royal college of physicians, signed by Dr Buchan, president 

surgeons, signed by J. H. Wishart, Esq. pre- 
sident 
convenery of the trades of, signed by Convener Wishart 
incorporation of goldsmiths of, signed by Deacon Marshall 

of Mary's Chapel, signed by Deacons Field and 

Bookless 
of websters, signed by Deacon Thomas Thom- 
son 
of hammermen, signed by Deacon Gray 
of bonnetmakers and dyers, signed by Deacon 
Pollock 
royal society of, signed by Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 
admiralty court, procurators of, signed by C. Neaves, Esq. 
advocates, faculty of, signed by the Earl of Lauderdale, vice- 
dean 
advocates' first clerks, signed by Richard Prentice, Esq. 
archers, royal company of, signed by the Earl of Hopetoun, 

captain-general 
signet, writers to the, signed by the Right Honourable William 

Dundas 
solicitors of supreme courts, signed by James Bremner, Esq. 
solicitors at law, signed by John Gray, Esq. 



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Edinburgh commissioners of police, signed by George Imlach, Esq. 

united associate presbytery, signed by Dr Hall, moderator 
medical society, signed by Dr Birt Davies 
royal arch chapter, signed by Alexander Deuchar, Esq. 
society for support of Gaelic schools, signed by the Earl of 

Moray 
Wernerian natural history, society of, signed by Professor 
Jameson, president 
Elgin, burgh of, signed by Provost Innes 

six incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Dick 
Episcopal church of Scotland, signed by the six bishops 

Fife, county of, signed by the Earl of Morton 

Masonic lodges in thexounty of, signed by John Black, Esq. master, 

and James Fergusson, Esq. secretary 
Fordoun, presbytery of, signed by the Rev. Alexander Keith, moderator 
Forfar, county of, signed by John Guthrie, Esq. of Guthrie 

burgh of, signed by Provost Webster 
Forres, burgh of, signed by Provost Grant 
Fortrose and Rosemarkie, united burghs of, signed by Provost Macfarquhar 

Glasgow, city of, signed by Provost Alston 

university of, signed by the Duke of Montrose, &c* 
faculty of procurators, signed by J. Laing, Esq. dean of faculty 
royal botanic institution, signed by Henry Monteith,Esq. preses 
philosophical society of, signed by Robert Hastie, Esq. president, 

and James Boaz, Esq. secretary 
merchants, house of, signed by W. Smith, Esq. dean of guild 
trades, house of, signed by James Hunter, Esq. convener 
commissioners of police, signed by Thomas Neilson, Esq. 
magistrates of Caiton, signed by Provost Stevenson 
commissioners of police, Gorbals, signed by R. Chapman, Esq. 
faculty of physicians and surgeons, signed by James Monteith, 

Esq. preses, and George Macleod, Esq. visitor 
incorporation of bakers, signed by Deacon Bain, and James Gal- 
loway, Esq. secretary 

incorporation of weavers, signed by Deacon Buchanan, and 
James Wilson, Esq. clerk 
Grand lodge of Free Masons, signed by the Duke of Hamilton 
Greenock, town of, signed by Archibald Baine, Esq. chief magistrate 
Medical and chirurgical association of, signed by Dr Kirk 
procurators of, signed by Hugh Crawford, Esq. D. F. 
lodge St John, signed by John Robb, Esq. master, John Black 
and William Currie, Esqs. senior and junior wardens 

Haddington, county of, signed by the Marquis of Tweeddale 

burgh of, signed by Provost Dods 
Hawick, burgh of, signed by J. Wilson and G. Waldie, Esqrs. magistrates 
Helensburgh, magistrates and inhabitants of, signed by Provost Dixon 
Highland society of Scotland, signed by the Marquis of Lothian 

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Institution for encouragement of the fine arts in Scotland, signed by the 
Earl of Hopetoun 

Inverbervie, burgh of, signed by Provost Farquhar 

Inverness, county of, signed by W. Fraser, Esq. 

burgh of, signed by J. Robertson, Esq. acting chief magistrate 
burgesses of, signed by James Gray, Esq. preses 
royal academy and parochial teachers of, signed by Mr Matthew 
Adam, A.M. 

Irvine, burgh of, signed by Provost Montgomerie 

In verkei thing, burgh of, signed by Provost Stuart 

Inverary, burgh of, signed by Provost Campbell 

Inverury, burgh of, signed by Provost Robinson 

Jedburgh, burgh of, signed by Provost Hilson 

Kelso, Tweed lodge, signed by John Turnbull, Esq. secretary 
Kilmarnock, burgh of, signed by William Brown and Thomas Greenshields, 

Esqrs. magistrates 
Kilrenny, burgh of, signed by James Watson, Esq. chief magistrate 
Kirkcudbright, stewartry of, signed by Sir Alexander Gordon, Bart. 

burgh of, signed by Provost Burnie 
Kincardine, county of, signed by Viscount Arbuthnot 
Kinghorn, burgh of, signed by Provost White and Bailie Glass 
Kintore, burgh of, signed by Provost Bannerman 
Kinross, county of, signed by the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam 
Kirkcaldy, burgh of, signed by Provost Swan 

incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Black 
Kirkwall, burgh of, signed by Provost Pollexfen 

Lanark, county of, signed by Lord Belhaven 
burgh of, signed by Provost Todd 
incorporation of cordwainers, signed by Deacon Watson 
Lauder, burgh of, signed by Alexander Dawson, Esq. chief magistrate 
Leith, magistrates, ministers, and inhabitants of, signed by John Macfie, 
Esq. senior magistrate 
Trinity-house of, signed by James Duncan, Esq. master 
incorporated society of merchants, signed by W. Thorburn, Esq. 
master 

nine incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Glover 
society of carters, signed by P. Dewar, box-master 
porters, signed by I. Muirhead, ditto 

Lerwick, burgh of, signed by A. Edmonston, Esq. senior bailie 
Linlithgow, county of, signed by the Earl of Hopetoun 

burgh of, signed by Provost Boyd 
Lochmaben, burgh of, signed by Provost Richardson 

five incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Wells 
Lockerby Quhyte Woollen lodge of Free Masons, signed by William 
Martin, Esq. master 

Maxwelltown, burgh of, signed by Provost Forsyth 



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Montrose, provost, magistrates, and council of, signed by James Clark, 
Esq. acting chief magistrate 

provost, magistrates, burgesses, and citizens of, signed by ditto 
merchant guild of, signed by W. Anderson, Esq. dean of guild 
seven incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Blair 

Moray, county of, signed by Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart. 

Musselburgh, burgh of, signed by Bailies Stewart and Leitch 

Nairn, county of, signed by W. Mackintosh, Esq., D. L. 

burgh of, signed by W. Robertson, Esq., chief magistrate 
Newburgh, burgh of, signed by John Adamson, Esq., ditto 
New Galloway, burgh of, signed by Provost Murray 

Orkney, county of, signed by James Baikie, Esq. of Tankerness 

Paisley, magistrates and council of, signed by Provost Carlile 

philosophical institution of, signed by G. Miller, Esq., preses, &c. 
faculty of procurators of, signed by R. Caldwell, Esq., D. F. 
master weavers, incorporation of, signed by Deacon Wylie 
Peebles, county of, signed by the Earl of Wemyss 

burgh of, signed by Provost Ker 
Perth, county of, signed by the Duke of Atholl 
city of, signed by Provost Ross 
guildry, incorporation of, signed by Thos. Beatson, Esq. dean of 

guild 
incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Anderson 
wrights, incorporation of, signed by Deacon Gibson 
tailors, incorporation of, signed by Deacon Fergusson 
Pittenweem, burgh of, signed by John Tod, Esq. chief magistrate 
Port Glasgow and Newark, magistrates and council of, signed by James 
M'Lean, Esq. chief magistrate 

Qucensferry, burgh of, signed by Bailie Russell, and Alexander M'Gibbon, 
Esq. town clerk 

Renfrew, towns of the barony of, signed by W. Mure, Esq. vice-lieutenant 

burgh of, signed by Provost King 
Ross, county and lieutenancy of, signed by Sir H. Mackenzie, Bart. 

*- deputy-lieutenants of, signed by Alex. Fraser, Esq. preses 
freeholders, justices of peace, commissioners of supply, &c. 
signed by R. B. .Eneas M'Leod, Esq. preses 
Rothesay, burgh of, signed by Archibald Moore, Esq. chief magistrate, and 

John Mackinlay, Esq. 
Roman Catholic bishops and clergy, signed by Bishop Cameron 
Roxburgh, county of, signed by the Marquis of Lothian 
Royal Arch Free Masons, signed by the Duke of AthoU, Earls of Moray, 

Elgin, and Aboyne, and Sir P. Walker 
Rutherglen, burgh of, signed by Provost Leitch 

Sanquhar, burgh of, signed by Provost Crichton 

St Andrews, university of, signed by Viscount Melville, and Dr Nicoll* 
burgh of, signed by W. Haig, Esq. chief magistrate 



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St Andrews, seven incorporated trades of, signed by Convener Braid 

lodge of Free Masons, signed by David Wilson, Esq. master 
Selkirk, county of, signed by Alexander Pringle, Esq. of Whitebank, vice- 
lieutenant 
burgh of, signed by Andrew Lang, Esq. chief magistrate, &c. 
Scarborough, magistrates and inhabitants of, signed by Bailiffs Cooke and 

Marflitt 
Schoolmasters, burgh and parochial of Scotland, signed by Charles Melville, 

Esq. preses 
Shetland, lordship of, signed by William Henderson, Esq. of Gloup, preses 
Society of arts in Scotland, signed by the Duke of Atholl 

for propagating Christian knowledge, signed by the Earl of Brea- 

dalbane 
of true Highlanders, signed by Glengarry 
Stirling, county of, signed by Lord Abercromby 

burgh of, signed by John Thomson, Esq. provost and high sheriff 
and Clackmannan chapmen, signed by Mr David Forrester, principal 
Stranraer, burgh of, signed by William Kerr and John Forsyth, Esqrs. ma- 
gistrates 
presbytery of, signed by the Rev. William Rose, moderator 
Stromness, burgh of, signed by John Robinson, Esq. chief magistrate 
Sutherland, county of, signed by the Marquis of Stafford 

Tain, burgh of, signed by William Murray, Esq. late provost 
Thurso, burgh of, signed by George Paterson, Esq. chief magistrate 

Wigton, county of, signed by Sir William Maxwell, Bart. 

burgh of, signed by Bailie Tait 
Whithorn, burgh of, signed by John Milroy, Esq. town-clerk 
Wick, burgh of, signed by James Waters, Esq. resident chief magistrate 



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CHAP. XXI. 

Having described his Majesty's voyage to Scotland, his 
reception in that country, and the transactions which 
took place during his residence in it, we cannot properly 
conclude, without giving a brief account of his Majesty's 
voyage from Scotland, and his safe arrival in the British 
metropolis. 

It has already been stated, that the royal squadron 
having passed Inchkeith with a favourable breeze, at 
half-past five o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, the 
29th of August, was fairly at sea by six o'clock. At 
half-past seven o'clock the squadron passed North Ber- 
wick, and was saluted by the guns on the Bass. Im- 
mediately a bonfire was lighted up on Dunbar pier-head ; 
and, about an hour afterwards, a royal salute was fired 
from the battery at Dunbar, and repeated by the guns 
placed upon Dounhill. The royal squadron at this time 
was invisible from shore ; but its course through the 
trackless deep was marked by a light, suspended from 
the mast-head of one of the vessels. The flash of the 
guns rending asunder night's dark curtain, and their re- 
ports rolling like thunder among the silent hills, must 
have apprized our Monarch that his progress amidst dark- 
ness was watched by his anxious subjects. On Friday 
forenoon, the royal squadron, which was then at the 
distance of fifteen or twenty miles from shore, passed 
Whitby. A great number of vessels had been engaged 
by gentlemen of that place, which put off from shore to 
meet the squadron ; and Lord Normanby had provided 
a present of venison and fruit for the refreshment of his 
Majesty. Immense multitudes of people had assembled 
on the pier and the cliffs upon the coast ; and, when the 
squadron was off Whitby, a royal salute was fired from 
the battery, and also from Sneaton Castle, which is at a 
little distance inland. About mid-day, the wind, which 
till then had continued steady and brisk, veered round 
to the south, which retarded the progress of the squadron. 



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The James Watt steam-vessel, which was then behind four 
of the most advanced of the squadron, bore down upon 
his Majesty's yacht and took her in tow. The Comet 
steam-vessel, which was about the rear of the squadron, 
at the same time advanced briskly to offer her assistance. 
About two o'clock, the squadron appeared off Scarbo- 
rough, and was visited by a great number of boats from 
that place. On the morning of Saturday the 31st, it 
passed Yarmouth roads, through an immense fleet of 
boats, which had put from shore to hail the presence 
of his Majesty. 

It was known in official quarters, that his Majesty 
would arrive at Greenwich in the course of Sunday, the 
1st of September, and preparations were accordingly made 
for his reception. Several of his Majesty's carriages 
were sent down on Saturday night, and an order was re- 
ceived from the office of the Home Secretary for a strong 
body of police to be in attendance at an early hour next 
morning. Sir Richard Birnie, chief magistrate of Bow- 
street, was at Greenwich with a large body of patrol, so 
early as seven o'clock. Soon after that hour, detachments 
of the foot guards and royal marines marched into the 
town, and occupied stations within the Hospital grounds, 
with the exception of a few, who were placed in the 
avenues leading towards London. The police were judi- 
ciously arranged by Sir R. Birnie, so as to preserve order, 
and to keep a clear passage from the Hospital through 
Greenwich. The veteran inhabitants of this noble edifice 
were drawn up, as on the embarkation of the King, in 
their best apparel, within the railings, and in front of the 
Hospital. 

The uncertainty which naturally prevailed in the public 
mind, as to the precise time when his Majesty might ar- 
rive, prevented so large an assemblage of persons as there 
would otherwise undoubtedly have been ; but as the day 
advanced the crowd on shore increased, and towards one 
o'clock there was a prodigious number of boats on the 
Thames, at and below Greenwich. 

The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor embarked at 
Tower-stairs, on board the city barge, at seven o'clock 
in the morning, and arrived at Blackwall, where he re- 



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mained a short time, and then proceeded farther down the 
river. His Lordship attended, as before, in the capacity 
of conservator of the Thames, to conduct his Majesty 
back to Greenwich — a compliment which, we understand, 
was duly appreciated by the King, who expressed him- 
self well pleased with it. 

At half-past one o'clock, the river opposite the Hospital 
presented a pleasing spectacle, though perhaps not so 
magnificent as at the same hour on the day of embarka- 
tion. Boats at this time began to arrvie in considerable 
numbers, and moored as closely as they were allowed on 
each side the stairs at which his Majesty was to land. 
They were chiefly filled with ladies. 

Immediately off the stairs, the Admiralty barge, the 
yacht of Sir Richard Goodwyn Keats, K. B. Governor of 
the Hospital, the Navy-office barge, and the Thames 
police yacht, (on board of which was Captain Richbell, 
the senior magistrate of that department, in full naval 
uniform), were moored in readiness to hail the arrival of 
the royal squadron. In this part of the river were several 
boats belonging to the harbour-master and Thames police, 
which were employed in rowing about, and preserving an 
open space for the royal yacht to come to her moorings. 
They had difficulty in doing this, from the great anxiety 
of the people in the other boats to obtain situations as fa- 
vourable as possible for a view of the Royal Person. 

On Saturday, a select meeting of some of the chief in- 
habitants of Greenwich took place at the Police-office, 
which was attended by the Rev. Mr Mathew, vicar of the 
parish, who was called to the chair. 

The Reverend Gentleman stated the object of the meet- 
ing to the gentlemen present, which was to vote an ad- 
dress to his Majesty on his happy return. He was sure 
that all those present, who represented the town of Green- 
wich, a place which had ever shewn a spirit of true loyalty 
to the Royal Family, would, upon such an occasion, will- 
ingly come forward to express to their Sovereign their 
veneration and attachment to his sacred person. After 
some further observations, an address was voted to his 
Majesty, and, being seconded, was carried unanimously. 
The following is a copy : 



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ff To the King's most excellent Majesty. 

" May it please your Majesty, 

" We, your Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the Vicar, Pa- 
rochial Officers, and other inhabitants of the town of Green- 
wich, in the county of Kent, beg permission to approach 
your sacred person with the expression of our unfeigned 
sentiments of attachment, respect, and loyalty. 

" Fully appreciating the blessings of the paternal govern- 
ment under which we live, in the mild and equal administra- 
tion of the law, by which our rights, our property, and liber- 
ties, are so amply secured to us, we are bound, as well by 
interest as by duty and inclination, to pray for your Majesty's 
long and peaceful enjoyment of the throne of these realms. 

" We anxiously hope, that the royal visit to Scotland has 
been as productive of personal gratification to your Majesty, 
as it must have been delightful and animating to our northern 
fellow-subjects ; and we highly value the honour conferred 
upon our town by your Majesty's gracious presence. 

" It is our heartfelt wish and prayer, that the sceptre of 
the British dominions may long be swayed by your Majesty, 
the best assurance we can desire for the continuance of our 
national prosperity and happiness. 

(Signed on behalf of the meeting,) 

" George Mathew, Vicar, Chairman" 

It was the anxious wish of the inhabitants of Green- 
wich, that the above address should have been presented 
to the King on his landing ; but his Majesty, anxious to 
reach town, proceeded onward immediately, and there was 
consequently no opportunity of presenting it. 

At half past one o'clock on Sunday, the Comet steam- 
packet was abreast of Greenwich Hospital. A boat was 
immediately lowered from her, and Mr Dalrymple, a 
midshipman of the Royal Sovereign, came ashore with a 
letter to Sir Richard Keats, informing him that his Ma- 
jesty was off Gravesend, and would arrive about four 
o'clock. 

The letter further stated, that his Majesty would have 
been happy to have had the pleasure of the company of 
Sir Richard Keats and the other officers of the establish- 
ment, to dine on board the royal yacht, but it was his 
Majesty's intention to land before dinner. 

Mr Dalrymple delivered a similar complimentary letter 



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to the Lord Mayor, as the Comet passed the city barge 
beyond Black wall. The Comet, after remaining for 
about half an hour off Greenwich, again set her machine 
in motion, and steered down the river to meet the Royal 
Sovereign. The commanding officer on board the Comet 
was the Hon. Mr Russell, son of Lord John Russell. 

All was anxiety among the crowds assembled from the 
moment of the departure of the Comet, and every vessel 
passing up the river was eagerly hailed, to know if they 
had any tidings of the Royal Squadron. Every eye 
was directed towards Woolwich Reach, to catch the 
first glimpse of the coming pageant ; and curiosity was at 
its highest pitch, when, at twenty minutes past three 
o'clock, a volume of smoke, ascending over the banks lying 
between Blackwall and the Reach, gave notice to the 
spectators that the royal squadron was near at hand. 
In a few moments, the Royal Sovereign, in all her glory, 
with her yards nicely squared, the national standard fly- 
ing at the main, and the commodore's broad pendant at 
the foretop, hove in sight, towed by the James Watt 
steam-packet. 

His Majesty received a salute from the artillery on 
passing the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich ; and reaching 
the wharf of Charlton, which belongs to Sir Thomas 
Marion Wilson, Bart, he was saluted again by a discharge 
of 21 guns. His Majesty received similar marks of 
honour from the principal places on both sides of the river. 

Just before the royal squadron reached Blackwall, the 
Lord Mayor, in the city barge, towed by the Eagle (a 
Ramsgate steam-packet), drew gently off into the centre of 
the river, and, taking the lead, preceded the royal squa- 
dron until it arrived at Greenwich. 

A royal salute was fired as his Majesty passed Black- 
wall, and thousands of people who, by this time, had 
assembled on both shores, greeted him with loud and 
long-continued cheers. 

At ten minutes before four o'clock the drums within 
the hospital gates at Greenwich, beat for the troops to 
fall in, and in a few moments every thing was in readiness 
for the reception of the King on shore. 

At ten minutes past four o'clock, the Royal Sovereign 



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yacht was observed by the persons assembled at Green- 
wich, the Isle of Dogs, Blackwall, Limehouse, &c. She 
came majestically up the river, towed by the James Watt 
steam-vessel. Signals were given from the yacht to the 
naval officers at the Hospital, which were as speedily an- 
swered. 

At a quarter past four, the Royal yacht arrived oppo- 
site Greenwich Hospital, and the anchor was thrown out. 
Guns were fired from both shores, and also from the vessels 
on the river, announcing the arrival of the Monarch ; but 
the bells did not ring, owing to some misconception on the 
part of the ringers. His Majesty, attired in the dress of 
an admiral, apparently the same in which he embark- 
ed, was walking on the quarter-deck, talking to Mr 
Croker, and occasionally to Sir Charles Paget, when the 
yacht anchored. The people on both shores cheered, 
and his Majesty, taking off his hat, bowed on all sides, 
and appeared to be truly delighted with his reception. 

At eighteen minutes past four, two of his Majesty's 
travelling carriages arrived in the College-yard, the first a 
carriage and six, and the last a carriage and four. The 
King rode to town in the former, preceded by two of the 
15th Hussars, and two of his Majesty's grooms on horse- 
back, the whole followed by a troop of hussars. 

At twenty minutes past four o'clock, the King, attend- 
ed by Mr Croker, Sir Charles Paget, and four of his suite, 
left the yacht on the starboard side, and entered the 
Royal Sovereign yachfs barge, which was rowed by six- 
teen bargemen, dressed in scarlet suits, to the shore, 
amidst the cheers of the multitude, the firing of guns, &c. 
The Lord Mayor's barge was turned round to the star- 
board of the Royal Sovereign, and his Majesty took leave 
of his Lordship by bowing repeatedly. The company 
on board the Lord Mayors barge bowed and cheered, 
and the Lord Mayor made his obeisance to the King. 
The moment the King left the vessel, the royal standard 
was hauled from the main-mast, and the commodore's 
broad pendant put in its place. 

At twenty-five minutes past four, his Majesty again 
set his foot on British ground. 

When his Majesty stepped upon the stairs, he took 



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Sir R. Keats by the hand, and said, " How are you, 
Keats ?" at the same time nodding affably to the other 
gentlemen around him. As he ascended the steps, carry- 
ing his hat in his hand, and bowing occasionally till he 
entered his carriage, his Majesty was loudly cheered by 
the spectators. 

He was received at the steps by the following persons : 
Sir Richard Keats, Governor ; Captain Browell, Deputy ; 
Admiral Sir Thomas Thompson, Admiral Martin, Cap- 
tain Harding, Captain Hedge, Commissioner Smith, Co- 
lonel Sir Harry Neale, Sir R. Birnie, Colonel Foreman ; 
Captain Richbell, the Thames Police Magistrate ; Cap- 
tain W. Kelsey, &c. ; and attended by a guard of ho- 
nour, composed of the different naval and military officers 
on duty, and those belonging to the Hospital. 

His Majesty, on arriving before his carriage, at the 
top of the beach steps, in the great square of the Hos- 
pital, again took off his hat and bowed. The first person 
he noticed on shore was the lady of Sir Harry Neale, and 
afterwards a young lady, supposed to be the niece of Mr 
Croker. His Majesty shook hands with them both ; and 
they curtsied in return, in the most respectful manner. 
His Majesty said, " How do you do, Sir Harry ?" Sir 
Harry bowed, and the various officers were then intro- 
duced to the King ; and his Majesty, after taking leave 
of all present, entered his carriage, accompanied by Lord 
Francis Conyngham and another personage. Having en- 
tered his carriage, he again shook hands with the young 
lady ; and, amidst the loudest shouts of applause, left the 
college-yard, and proceeded to London. 

As his Majesty passed through Greenwich, he was 
received with the shouts of the people and the waving of 
handkerchiefs. The children of both sexes belonging to 
the various schools, being stationed on both sides of the 
road, bowed to his Majesty as he passed along. All the 
taverns, and every private house between London and 
Greenwich, were filled with company. 

We must not forget to notice, that a hearty welcome 
was given to his Majesty by the passengers and crew 
of the Leith Old Shipping Company's smack Ocean, 
Captain Johnstone. The latter, proud of the honour 



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done his country by the royal visit, was anxious to shew 
his Majesty every respect. — On approaching the royal 
squadron at Blackwall, he ordered the sails to be low- 
ered, and manned the rigging ; and on passing the royal 
yacht, all on board cheered his Majesty in the most cor- 
dial manner. 

The King alighted at Carlton Palace at a quarter past 
five o'clock. When his Majesty's arrival was known, the 
bells of St Martin's, St Margaret's, and other churches 
of the metropolis, were rung at intervals for the remainder 
of the evening. 



APPENDIX. 



Note A. 

1 he authority of the kings of Scotland, though unduly limited as 
to every national purpose, was sufficiently burdensome to the citizens 
of Edinburgh. James, by virtue of his jus divinum, seems to have 
made ^practice of devolving upon them the expense of supplying the 
most of his pecuniary exigencies. Resistance was out of the ques- 
tion. The burgesses could not expect the aristocracy, — the only real 
and the too effectual check, in those days, upon the crown, — to in- 
terpose in their behalf against this most unwarrantable exercise of 
royal authority. That body, besides their natural dislike of the 
burgesses — an order in the state intended as a counterpoise to their 
own exorbitant influence — must have been too well pleased with 
an abuse of power, that relieved them of their share of burdens, 
which ought to have been borne by the nation at large. 

It were tedious to recount all the extortions practised by James 
upon the citizens of Edinburgh ; but a few may be mentioned by 
way of useful instruction. 

In 1576, a number of Bohemian nobility having come to visit the 
king, the city, by a royal mandate, was put to the expense of main- 
taining them in a most sumptuous manner. 

In 1578, the king commanded the town council to send to Stir- 
ling one hundred of their choicest citizens, to guard his person 
during the sitting of parliament, and to maintain them there, at 
their own expense. 

In 1580, the town council received a command for raising 100 
hackbutters, as a guard for conveying the Earl of Morton, charged 
with the crime of treason, from the castle of Edinburgh to that of 
Dumbarton ; and another body of 200 hackbutters, " daily and 
nightly to attend on the king's person in his Abbey of Holyrood- 
house, and about the same." 

In 1582, the council was again called upon to raise 120 hackbut- 
ters as a guard to the king ; and the same year, they were direct- 
ed to send 60 able hackbutters to Peebles, where the king had gone 
to suppress some disorders, and to maintain them there for the 
space of a month. 

In 1583, the city was compelled to give a splendid entertainment 
to the French Ambassador ; and some time after entertained the 
king and his nobility at the market cross. 



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The king, in 1588, '■* unwilling," says Maitland, "to let slip an 
opportunity to distress the oppressed Edinburghers, compelled them 
to entertain the Duke of Lennox's two sisters, just arrived from 
France, for the space of 15 or 20 days." It was in vain that the 
citizens remonstrated against this imposition, so degrading to all 
parties; and even offered a sum of money to be relieved from it. The 
command was irrevocable. The same year, they were directed to 
entertain the ambassador from Navarre ; and, in the year follow- 
ing, to give a sumptuous banquet to the Dutch ambassador. 

The enormous sums disbursed by the city on the occasion of the 
king's marriage have been already mentioned in the introduction. 

In 1595, the city was ordered to furnish a guard for the king's 
person of 50 men. 

In 1596, a violent tumult, instigated by a few seditious clergy- 
men, took place in Edinburgh, which seriously endangered his Ma- 
jesty's person. This was so highly resented by James, that he 
withdrew his court from Edinburgh and established it at Linlith- 
gow, where he long remained, inexorable to all the supplications 
which were addressed to him on the part of the magistrates. At 
length, he decided upon holding a parliament in Edinburgh ; and 
on his entering the city, the keys of the gates were delivered to one 
of his officers. As the cavalcade proceeded to the tolbooth, where 
the parliament was held, the citizens were confined to their nouses ; 
and the command of the city was given to the Earl of Mar and the 
Lords Seaton and Ochiltree. On the parliament being assembled, 
the magistrates were sent for ; and they no sooner entered the house, 
accompanied by the councillors, than they prostrated themselves 
before the king, and made the most abject offers of submission. 
These were rejected ; and the king was advised by his courtiers 
utterly to destroy the city, and to erect a column upon its site, as a 
perpetual monument of his vengeance ! The king was diverted 
from this harsh resolution by a letter which Elizabeth of Eng- 
land addressed to him. But the tumult was declared by par- 
liament to be treasonable ; and a criminal prosecution being raised 
against the city, the Town Council, (who, by the bye, were en- 
tirely blameless,) were charged to surrender themselves at Perth, 
there to underlie the law. One of them, through some misap- 
prehension, having neglected to appear, the inhabitants were de- 
clared rebels, and the revenues of the city sequestrated : the ma- 
gistrates, of course, resigned ; — the incendiary clergymen, (who 
really merited condign punishment,) having fled the kingdom, the 
churches were shut up ; and the people were thus deprived both of 
temporal and spiritual government. In this situation, James was 
persuaded to admit the citizens again to favour, upon certain condi- 
tions, some of which were, that the council should convey to him 
the houses appropriated to the city ministers ; that he should have 
the use of the town Council-house for his Exchequer ; and that 
the city should pay to him the sum of 20,000 merks. 



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Upon the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with the Prince 
Palatine, in 1614, the town council made her a present of 15,000/, 
Scots, besides a rich carrat of pearls. 

The king, in 1616, having been indebted to the city in the sum 
of 59,000 merks, the magistrates were compelled to accept of 20,001) 
in full satisfaction. 

When the small population of Edinburgh, at that early period, 
is taken into consideration, these various exactions must appear 
exorbitant ; — the more so, as the city enjoyed no exemption from 
the public burdens, which were common to the nation at large ; 
and voluntarily subjected itself, at different times, to immense ex- 
pense in doing honour to his Majesty. 

But James, not contented with dipping deeply into the purses of 
the citizens, set at nought their most essential privileges. The free 
choice of magisrates was a power, he conceived, too important to 
be intrusted to a body of plebeians ; and, accordingly, at almost 
every election, he directed the town council, under pain of' rebellion, 
to chuse certain persons of his own nomination. 

The oppressions of James, however, were trivial in comparison 
with those which the citizens had to endure in subsequent reigns. 
The rapacity and meanness of Lauderdale, and the other ministers 
of Charles the Second and his brother James, were only equalled 
by their unparalleled cruelties. Nor could they plead in palliation 
of their treatment of the city of Edinburgh, the fanaticism of the 
people — the paltry apology which has been set up for some of 
their misdeeds. The government of Scotland, at that time, seems 
to have been the most wretched imaginable. While it embodied 
all that was oppressive of feudalism, those at the head of affairs, so 
far from being possessed of any of the rude virtues which that 
system tended to cherish, were remarkable for an utter profligacy 
of principle, peculiar to Oriental despotisms. 



Note B. 

As Adam was the first Man, whence all beginning tak; 
So Adam's Son was President, and first Man in this Act. 
The Thesis Fairlie did defend, which thogh they Lies contain, 
Yet were Fairlies, and he the same right fairly did maintain : 
The Field first entered Master Sands, and there he made me see, 
That not all Sands are barren Sands, but that some fertile be. 
Then Master Young most subtilie the Thesis did impugne, 
And kythed old in Aristotle althogh his Name was Young. 
To him succeeded Master Reid, who thogh Reid be his Name, 
Needs neither for his Dispute blush, nor of his speech think shame. 
Last entered Master King the Lists, and dispute like a King, 
How Reason, reigning like a Queen, should Anger under bring. 
To their deserved Praise have I, thus play'd upon their names, 
And wills their Colledge hence be call'd, the Colledge of King 
James. 



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Note C. 

Various proclamations to the effect zee have stated, were is- 
sued by the Privy Council. Of these the two following 
will be a sufficient specimen : — 

January 10, 1633. 

Forsameikle as a littill before our Souerane Lords derrest father 
of famous and blessed memorie, come to this kingdome in the 1617 
yere of God, the Magistrats of the burrows and touns particularlie 
under writtin, undertook to cause feed and have in readiness, the 
nomber of fed nolt underwrittin, aganis his Majesteis coming. 
They ar to say the burgh of Perth, sax score fed nolt. The burgh 
of Dundie, 300 fed nolt. The burgh of Stirline, 20 ky, and 20 
veillis. The citie of Glasgow, 300 fed nolt. The citie of St An- 
drews, 60 fed nolt. The burgh of Couper, 24 fed nolt. The toun 
of Alloway, 30 fed nolt. The burgh of Dumfermeline, 7 fed nolt, 
16 ky, 12 young oxen. The burgh of Inuerkeithing, 10 fed nolt. 
The burgh of Dysert, 12 fed nolt. The burgh of Pittenweme, 10 
fed nolt. The burgh of Anstruther Wester, 4 fed nolt. The burgh 
of Anstruther Easter, 12 fed nolt. The burgh of Montrose, 36 fed 
nolt. The citie of Brechin, 100 fed nolt. The burgh of Forfar, 
20 fed nolt. The town of Ky Hi mure, 32 fed nolt. The burgh of 
Linlithgow, 24 fed nolt, and 24 young oxen. The toun of Dalkeith, 
20 fed nolt and ky. The toun of Mussilburgh, 12 fed nolt. The 
toun of Newbottill, 30 fed nolt. And the Justices of Peace, with- 
in the shirrefdome of Perth, sevinscore fed nolt. And whereas 
the Kingis Majestie is resolved, God willing, to satisfie the long 
wishes of his good and loving subjects, by honnouring of this his 
ancient kingdome, with his royall presence, this approaching spring, 
there is the like necessitie for the credite and reputatioun of the 
kingdome, and for his Majesteis contented receptioun heere, That 
sufficient provisioun be made of all things necessar for the furnish- 
ing of his Majesteis hous and tryne. Thairfore ordanis letters to 
be direct, to command and charge the provost and bailleis of the 
burrowes and towns, particularlie abonewrittin, To compeir be ane 
of their nomber, sufficientlie instructed, and Sir Patrick Ogilvie of 
Inchemartine, conveener of the Justices of Peace within the sheref- 
dome of Perth, To compeir personallie before the Lords of Priuie 
Counsel, upon the 24 day of Januar instant, To resolve and assure 
the saids Lords what nomber of fed nolt thay will undertake and 
promise to have in readinesse again his Majesteis here comming, 
under the pain of rebellioun, &c. with certificatioun, &c. 

Charges anent Lodgings. 

Forasmeikle as the Kingis Majestie is resolved, God willing, to 
honnour this his ancient kingdome with his royall presence, this 
approaching sommer, And whereas it imports verie muche to the 
honnour and credite of the kingdome, that his Majesteis tryne and 



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followers, among whom there will be a great nomber of the nobili- 
tie, and of others persons of good ranke and qualitie of the king- 
dome of England, be commodiouslie and handsomelie lodged in all 
the tounes where his Majestie will reside for the tyme, and that 
these touns be weill and sufficientlie furnished with all kynde of 
vivers and provision for men and hors : That thair lodgings be 
cleane, handsome, and neate : That the bedding and naperie be 
cleane and weill smelled : That the puter vessels be of sufficient 
largnesse : That no filth nor middings be seen upon thair streets, 
and that no beggers be seen upon thair bounds. And, seeing his 
Majestie will honour the touns following ; to wit, Edinburgh and 
the Cannogait, Linlithgow, Stirline, Dumfermline, and Falkland, 
with his royall presence, And that, during his Majesteis stay at 
Dunglas ane great part of his tryne and followers must be lodged in 
Dunbar and Haddington, and during his abode in Seaton, some of 
his tryne must be lodged at Tranent, Mussilburgh, and Dalkeith : 
Thairfoir it becomes them tymouslie to foresee and to provide, that 
there be no enlaike of anie kynde of provisioun and furnishing in 
their touns, and that all things be so orderlie and handsomelie pre- 
pared and dressed within the same as may give his Majestie and his 
tryne contentment. And, for this effect, ordanis letters to be di- 
rect, charging the proveists and baillies of the burrowes and tounes, 
particularlie above written, as alsua the baillies of Lei th, West Port, 
and Potterraw, to compeir be ane of their nomber sufficientlie 
instructed for their toun, before the Lords of Privie Counsell, upon 
the 24 of Januar instant, and to bring and produce with thame ane 
perfyte catalogue and roll of the haill lodgings and stables within 
thair touns, and what nomber of persons everie lodging will com- 
modiousle and convenientlie lodge, and what number of horses 
their stables will containe : And that the said catalogue and roll 
conteane the names of the persons, awners of the said lodgings and 
stables, and in what parts of thair touns the saids lodgings and 
stables ar, and to vnderly suche forder order as sail be enjoyned un- 
to thame both anent the keeping of their touns cleane frome filth, 
and provyding the same sufficientlie with all kynds of furniture for 
men and hors ; and anent such others things as sail be prescryved 
and enjoyned unto thame, vnder the pane of rebellioun, &c. With 
certification, &c. 



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Note D. 

The Order of Kinge Charles entring Edinburgh in Stait, at the 
West Porte, and his Marche throughe the Toune to Halyrudhous. — 
June 15, 1633.* 

Squires. 

Knights. 

Kings Servants of the best sorte. 

Earles eldest sonnes. 

Bischops in foote cloths of black velvett, viz. Dunkelrten, Illis in 

Aberdein's place being absent, Murray Dumblaine, 

Caithness, Orknay. 

Viscounts. 

Earls of 



Lauthian 


& 


Lauderdaill. 


Annandaill 


& 


Seaforte. 


Roxbrughe 


& 


Abercorne. 


Kingorne 


& 


Wigtone. 


Dumfermline 


& 


Perth. 


Linlithgow 


& 


Win tone. 


Casselis 


ik 


Eglintoune. 


Buchane 


& 


Angus. 



Archbischop of Glasgow. 

Earl of Haddingtoun, Privie Seall. 

Morton, Thesaurer. 

Dupline, Chancellour. 

Five Serjeants at Arms, with ther gilded maisses. 

Yorke Herauld of England. 

Six Scots Heraulds, two and two. 

Norrey King of Armes of England. 

Maister of Requystes. 

Two Gentlemen Ushers, and betwixt them 

Sir James Balfour, Lyon King of Armes. 

Earl Marishall. 

Duke of Lennox, Great Chamberlaine of Scotland, and of his 

Majesty s Householde. 

Earl of Erole Grate Constable of Scotland, bearing ane shaithed 

sword. 

THE KINGS MAJESTIE, 

On a grate horse, richlie furnished with caparisones, footcloth, 

and sadell, embrodered with pearle and panasches 

of reid and quhyte fethers. 

The Marquis of Hamiltoune, Master of the Horse to his Majestie, 

on ane horse richlie furnished. 



* From a MS., Advocate's Library, in the hand-writing of Sir James 
Balfour. 



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Then Four Gentlemen of the Equirry, 

Leading ane horse of Stait, most richlie ordered. 

Then followed the Englische, two and two, in order, on grate horses. 

Gentlemen of his Majesties Privie Chamber, two and two, in order. 

Earle of Suffolke, Captaine of the Pensioners. 

Gentlemen Pensioners, in order, with their staves. 

Earle of Holland, Captaine of the Guard. 

Yeomen of the Guard, two and two, in order. 



Note E. 

CALEDONIA'S SPEECH. 

The Heavens have heard our vows ; our just desires 
Obtained are ; no higher now aspires 
Our wishing thoughts, since, to his native clime, 
The flower of princes, honour of his time, 
Enchanting all our dales, hills, forests, streams, 
As Phoebus doth the Summer with his beams, 
Is come ; and radiant to us in his train, 
The golden age, and virtues brings again ; 
Prince, so much long'd for, how thou now becalm'st 
Minds easeless anguish, every where becalm'st 
With the sweet odours of thy presence : now, 
In swelling tides, joys every where do flow, 
By thine approach : and that the world may see, 
What unthought wonders do attend on thee, 
This kingdom's angel, I, who since that day, 
That ruthless fate thy parent reft away, 
And made a star, appeared not any where, 
To gratulate thy coming, come am here. 

Hail princes phoenix, monarch of all hearts, 
Sovereign of love and justice, who imparts 
More than thou canst receive ; to thee this crown 
Is due by birth ; but more, it is thine own 
By just desert ; and ere another brow 
Than thine should reach the same, my floods should flow 
With hot vermilion gore, and every plain 
Level the hills with carcasses of slain ; 
This isle become a Red-sea : Now how sweet 
Is it to me, when love and laws thus meet, 
To wreath thy temples with this diadem, 
My nurseling's sacred fear and dearest gem ; 
Nor Roman, Saxon, Pict* by sad alarms 
Could this acquire, and keep the heavens in arms ; 



* The poet, fortunately for himself, never heard of the Pictisli contro- 
versy.— Ed. 



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From us repell all perils, nor by wars, 
Ought here was won, or gaping wounds or scars. 
Our lion's clymacterick now is past, 
And, crown'd with bays, he rampeth free at last. 
Here are no Serean fleeces, Peru gold, 
Aurora's gems, nor wares by Tyrians sold : 
Towns swell not here with Babylonian walls, 
Nor Nero's sky, resembling gold-ciel'd halls, 
Nor Memphis spires, nor Quinzaye's arched frames, 
Captiving seas, and giving lands their names : 
Faith, (milk-white faith) of old beloved so well, 
Yet in this corner of the world doth dwell 
With her pure sisters, truth, simplicity, 
Here bernished honour bears them company. 
A Mars- adoring brood is here their wealth, 
Sound minds and bodies, of as sound a health. 
Walls here are men, who fence their cities more, 
Than Neptune, when he doth in mountains roar ; 
Doth guard this isle, or all those forts and towers, 
Amphion's harp, raised about Thebes bowers. 
Heaven's arch is oft their roof, the pleasant shade 
Of oak and plains, oft served them for a bed ; 
To suffer want, soft pleasures to despise, 
Run over panting mountains crown'd with ice ; 
Rivers o'er come, the wastest lakes appal, 
(Being to themselves oars, steerers, ship and all.) 
Is their renown a brave all-daring race, 
Courageous, prudent, doth this climate grace ; 
Yet the firm base on which their glory stands, 
In peace true hearts, in wars is valiant hands ; 
Which here (great King) they offer up to thee, 
Thy worth respecting as thy pedigree : 
Though it be much to come of princely stem, 
More is it to deserve a diadem. 

Vouchsafe, blest people, ravish'd here with me, 
To think my thoughts, and see what I do see ; 
A prince all gracious, affable, divine, 
Meek, wise, just, valiant, whose radiant shine 
Of virtues (like the stars about the Pole, 
Gilding the night) enlighteneth every soul, 
Your scepter sways; a prince born in this age, 
To guard the innocents from tyrants rage. 
To make peace prosper, justice to reflower, 
In desart hamlet, as in lordly bower. 
A prince, that though of none he stands in awe, 
Yet first subjects himself to his own law ; 
Who joys in good, and still as right directs, 
His greatness measures by its good effects. 
His people's pedestal, who, rising high, 
To grace his throne, makes Scotland's name to fly 
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On Halcyons wings (her glory which restores) 
Beyond the ocean, to Columbus' shores. 
God's sacred picture, in this man adore, 
Honour his valour, zeal, his piety more. 
High value what, hold him deep, engrave 
In your hearts heart, from whom all good you have- 
For as moon's splendour from her brother springs, 
The peoples welfare streameth from their kings. 
Since your love's object doth immortal prove, 
O love this prince with an eternal love. 

Pray, that those crowns his ancestors did wear, 
His temples long (more orient) may bear. 
That good he reach, by sweetness of his sway, 
That even his shadow may the bad effray. 
That Heaven on him what he desires bestow, 
That still the glory of his greatness grow. 
That your begun felicities may last, 
That no Orion do them with storms blast ; 
That victory his brave exploits attend, 
East, West, or South, where he his force shall bend, 
Till his great deeds all former deeds surmount, 
And quail the JVimrod of the Hellespont. 
That when his well spent care all care becalms, 
He may in peace sleep in a shade of palms : 
And rearing up fair trophies, that heaven may 
Extend his life to world's extremest day. 



Note F. 

Order of Procession in Riding of the Scottish Parliament, as per- 
formed at Edinburgh upon the 6ih of May 1 703, with the num- 
ber of those who went, or should have gone in Procession. 

The streets of the city of Edinburgh and Canongate being cleared 
of all coaches and carriages, and a lane formed, by the streets being 
inrailed, on both sides ; within which none were permitted to enter 
but those who went in procession, the captains, lieutenants, and 
ensigns of the trained bands excepted. Without the rails, the 
streets being lined with the horse guards, from the palace of Holy- 
rood-house westwards ; after them with the horse grenadiers ; 
next, with the foot guards, who covered the streets up to the Ne- 
therbow ; and thence to the Parliament Square, by the trained 
bands of the city ; from the Parliament Square to the Parliament 
House, by the Lord High Constable's guards ; and from the Par- 
liament House to the bar, by the Earl Marshall's guards ; the Lord 
High Constable being seated in an elbow-chair at the door of the 
Parliament House ; the officers of state having rode up before in their 
robes ; and the members of parliament, with their attendants, being 
assembled at Holyrood-house, the rolls of parliament were called by 



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the Lord Register, Lord Lyon, and Heralds, from the windows 
and gates of the palace ; from which the procession moved to the 
Parliament House in the following order : 

Two trumpets in coats and banners, bareheaded, riding. 

Two pursuivants in coats and foot-mantles, ditto. 

Sixty-three commissioners for boroughs on horseback, covered, 

two and two, each having a lacquey attending on foot, 

the odd member walking alone. 

Seventy-seven commissioners for shires on horseback, 

covered, two and two. 

each having two lackies attending on foot. 

Fifty-one Lords Barons in their robes, riding, two and two, 

each having a gentleman to support his train, and three lackies on 

foot, wearing above their liveries, velvet surtouts, with 

the arms of their respective lords, on the breast and 

back, embossed on plate, or embroidered with 

gold and silver. 

Nineteen Viscounts as the former. 

Sixty Earls as the former, four lackies attending on each. 

Four trumpets, two and two. 

Four pursuivants, two and two. 

And six heralds, two and two, bareheaded. 

Lord Lyon King at Arms, in his coat, robe, chain, batoon, and 

foot-mantle. 

I Sword of State, 

S borne by the Earl of Marr. 

<u The Sceptre, g 

S by the Earl of Crawfurd. 

THE CROWN, 
By the Earl of Forfar, in room of the Marquis of Douglas. 
The Purse and Commission, by the Earl of Morton. 
The DUKE of QUEENSBERRY, LORD HIGH COMMIS- 
SIONER, 
with his servants, pages, and footmen. 
Four Dukes, two and two, Gentlemen bearing their trains, 
and each having eight lackies. 
Six-Marquisses, each having six lackies. 
The Duke of Argyle. 
Captain of the Horse Guards. 
Horse Guards. 
The Lord High Commissioner was received by the Lord High 
Constable, and by him conducted to the Earl Marshall, between 
whom, his Grace, ushered by the Lord High Chancellor, was con- 
veyed to the throne. When the parliament rose, the procession 
returned in nearly the same order to Holyrood-house, where the 
members were magnificently entertained at supper by the Commis- 
sioner. 

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